Hi Tech Cheating -- Scotland to Asia
SHOCK RESULT IN EXAM CHEATS BATTLE
REPORTS of exam cheating by Scottish school pupils have rocketed this summer, with incidents of plagiarism doubling.
Full story: http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=860062006
High-tech cheating in Asia's high-stakes exams
As students sweat through do-or-die tests for college spots, educators
do battle with clever cheaters. By Simon Montlake
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0609/p01s02-woap.html?s=hns
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Cheating has always been around. I remember at one of my schools a practice that focused our attention on the phenomenon which required us to append to our answer sheets the word "pledge" which stood for: "I have neither received nor given assistance to others in doing this exam."
However, my own students have alerted me to the fact that the impulse to cheat is alive and well today and, perhaps, on the increase as exam results are thought to affect one's future well-being. It ranges from the usual old time glance at the exam answer being drafted by the person in the next seat to modern hi tech stuff that could scarcely be detected short of intimate body searches of those entering an examination room.
How sad.
Now on to our pols and CEOs.
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"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy cited by Machiavelli)
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REPORTS of exam cheating by Scottish school pupils have rocketed this summer, with incidents of plagiarism doubling.
Full story: http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=860062006
High-tech cheating in Asia's high-stakes exams
As students sweat through do-or-die tests for college spots, educators
do battle with clever cheaters. By Simon Montlake
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0609/p01s02-woap.html?s=hns
................................
Cheating has always been around. I remember at one of my schools a practice that focused our attention on the phenomenon which required us to append to our answer sheets the word "pledge" which stood for: "I have neither received nor given assistance to others in doing this exam."
However, my own students have alerted me to the fact that the impulse to cheat is alive and well today and, perhaps, on the increase as exam results are thought to affect one's future well-being. It ranges from the usual old time glance at the exam answer being drafted by the person in the next seat to modern hi tech stuff that could scarcely be detected short of intimate body searches of those entering an examination room.
How sad.
Now on to our pols and CEOs.
--
"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy cited by Machiavelli)
--
Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CollegeConversation
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StudentConcerns
http://BlogByEdKent.blogspot.com/
http://www.bloggernews.net
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