After all instructions are given properly, students are left alone in the classroom to answer the exams. They are expected to behave honorably and honestly - no cheating. This is done usually at the graduate school level. Are the college or even highschool students ready for this?
2006-12-28 13:38:34 · 7 answers · asked by ? 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
I think that readiness for this kind of exam depends more on the teacher than the student. For example, in certain high level science courses I have taken, the final exams were open book - but they were the most difficult exams I have ever taken. My nervous system physiology instructor not only gave us the exams to take home, he specifically instructed us to use any resource we could think of to complete the test, and suggested certain journals in the library that might help. The essays he got back are much more difficult to grade than multiple-choice tests. "Honor System" tests might therefore only be suited for graduate level courses because at that level one is not being tested for knowledge, rather on the application and creative uses of one's knowledge.
2006-12-28 14:04:28 · answer #1 · answered by datamonkey0031 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say that this should ever been done at all, even at the grad school level. But that's another story. As for highschools... Hell no. Every student would be cheating in some form, because the pressure to get good grades and therefore get scholarships and get into a decent college, is so huge. And why shouldn't it be? Most people equate college attendance as to whether a person will be successful in life or not. That does not make this a correct belief, but that doesn't stop the belief from proliferating now does it? And colleges (even STATE colleges) are become more and more competitive.
That being said, the pressure is too great. It would produce more cheating, which would later become a big pain for colleges trying to find students that actually know the material. I don't even want to get into the irony of how its the pressure being applied by higher-level institutions to do well that will eventually bring about this predicament if cheating continues to proliferate (as this suggestion of "honor code" exams will help fuel).
So, simply put: No. Not even "graduate students" should be allowed this style of testing.
2006-12-28 13:57:31 · answer #2 · answered by C2H5SH 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on the school climate. However, I think that in many schools and classrooms there would be a lot of cheating. It's just too tempting tempting to cheat in such an environment, particularly when students are feeling the pressure of needing an A. Even students who would not usually cheat would be more tempted in this type of testing environment.
2006-12-28 13:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by naplady 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-28 14:35:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know there would be some cheating in my school
2006-12-28 13:41:04 · answer #5 · answered by Hannah 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not at all. too much presure to get a good score
2006-12-28 13:40:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no because if they have the oppurtunity to cheat they will
2006-12-28 13:43:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋