I never did like those scantron exams. If your line gets off, it is very difficult to correct it, and there is a 25% chance that the answer will be right. what makes a lot more sense is for students to be examined on their ability to think., and to draw conslusions. But that would require greater effort from the teachers. I wonder if there is any hope that the essay type exam will make a comeback?
On Dec 1, 6:30 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NEW YORK – In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students > have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, > according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are > too apathetic about ethical standards. > > Educators reacting to the findings questioned any suggestion that > today's young people are less honest than previous generations, but > several agreed that intensified pressures are prompting many students > to cut corners. > > "The competition is greater, the pressures on kids have increased > dramatically," said Mel Riddle of the National Association of > Secondary School Principals. "They have opportunities their > predecessors didn't have (to cheat). The temptation is greater." > > The Josephson Institute, a Los Angeles-based ethics institute, > surveyed 29,760 students at 100 randomly selected high schools > nationwide, both public and private. All students in the selected > schools were given the survey in class; their anonymity was assured. > > Michael Josephson, the institute's founder and president, said he was > most dismayed by the findings about theft. The survey found that 35 > percent of boys and 26 percent of girls — 30 percent overall — > acknowledged stealing from a store within the past year. One-fifth > said they stole something from a friend; 23 percent said they stole > something from a parent or other relative. > > "What is the social cost of that — not to mention the implication for > the next generation of mortgage brokers?" Josephson remarked in an > interview. "In a society drenched with cynicism, young people can look > at it and say 'Why shouldn't we? Everyone else does it.'" > > Other findings from the survey: > > _Cheating in school is rampant and getting worse. Sixty-four percent > of students cheated on a test in the past year and 38 percent did so > two or more times, up from 60 percent and 35 percent in a 2006 survey. > > _Thirty-six percent said they used the Internet to plagiarize an > assignment, up from 33 percent in 2004. > > _Forty-two percent said they sometimes lie to save money — 49 percent > of the boys and 36 percent of the girls. > > Despite such responses, 93 percent of the students said they were > satisfied with their personal ethics and character, and 77 percent > affirmed that "when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than > most people I know." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
