And with the push for "everything-academic-online" (.edu), aren't we creating
something like self-obsolescence?
Jim Dougan wrote:
> Wow.....
>
> My wife has been experimenting with a web-based testing program at
> Illinois State, and her students found an even more severe bug....
>
> At the end of taking an online quiz, the students hit a "submit" button.
> The quiz is corrected, grade entered, and feedback on correct answers is
> provided. This is a "mastery based" class, so each student is allowed to
> take the quiz several times. The computer is supposed to generate a new
> form each time they take the quiz...
>
> Well, the students discovered that by hitting the "back" button, they were
> able to go back and correct their answers based on the feedback provided
> after the initial test was submitted. All they had to do was hit "submit"
> a second time, and the computer treated it as if they had taken a new
> exam.
>
> My wife caught the problem when she noticed a student received a 40
> percent on the first attempt on a quiz, only to score 100 percent for a
> second quiz submitted only 4 minutes later.
>
> Sheesh....
>
> Call me old fashioned, but I really fail to see the utility of online
> testing. Incidents like these serve to confirm my opinion.
>
> -- Jim
>
>
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Steven Specht wrote:
>
> > This interesting article was posted on the CNN site this morning:
> > www.cnn.com/2000/US/04/07/cheating.probe.ap/index.html
> >
> > The situation was unfortunate, but I'm not really sure if I would
> > consider what these students did as cheating. There was simply a problem
> > with a computer program. What do y'all think?
> >
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> > Steven M. Specht, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor of Psychology
> > Psychology Department
> > Utica College of Syracuse University
> > 1600 Burrstone Rd.
> > Utica, NY 13502
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> >
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Associate Professor of Psychology
Psychology Department
Utica College of Syracuse University
1600 Burrstone Rd.
Utica, NY 13502
(315) 792-3171
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