http://ivyrun.com/wordpress/2008/03/22/it-is-cheating-but-not-worth-expulsion/ thinking about education Sat, 05 May 2012 15:23:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://ivyrun.com/wordpress/2008/03/22/it-is-cheating-but-not-worth-expulsion/comment-page-1/#comment-54 durff01 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:33:17 +0000 http://ivyrun.com/wordpress/?p=188#comment-54 another thought - there is a difference between 'completing work independently' and 'bouncing information off each other'. another thought – there is a difference between ‘completing work independently’ and ‘bouncing information off each other’.

]]> http://ivyrun.com/wordpress/2008/03/22/it-is-cheating-but-not-worth-expulsion/comment-page-1/#comment-53 durff01 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:30:53 +0000 http://ivyrun.com/wordpress/?p=188#comment-53 So students who study together in order to better prepare themselves for class are cheating? These students only formed a studygroup - how many times did any of us join a studygroup during our collegiate careers? My professors even faciliated these study groups? The only 'crime' was to use high tech tools to do so. Obviously, they did nothing wrong! Now students will hide themselves better online. What are we really teaching students by such actions? So students who study together in order to better prepare themselves for class are cheating? These students only formed a studygroup – how many times did any of us join a studygroup during our collegiate careers? My professors even faciliated these study groups? The only ‘crime’ was to use high tech tools to do so. Obviously, they did nothing wrong! Now students will hide themselves better online. What are we really teaching students by such actions?

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