Re: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Cheating and home schooling]]]

["Jonathan Byron" <geodigest@telocity.com>]

I don't know think that most home-schooled kids get a transcript with letter
grades and a GPA; in some places, they are required to take an standardized
exam at the end of the year, which is proctored to prevent cheating. Some
places may audit the home schoolers and make sure that they have some kind
of plan, but don't verify learning or retention on particular units or
courses.

In the university, on-line quizzes (using something like BlackBoard) are
usually timed to reduce the possibility of cheating. But there is usually no
verification of identity and no way to determine if books or notes are used.
Usually these type of quizes are either a small part of the grade (like a
homework assignment, which could also be done collaboratively), or are not
for credit, just for students to prepare for an exam.

Jonathan Byron
Assistant Professor, Geography
Jacksonville University

jbyron@ju.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Loss" <dloss@suscom.net>
To: <seul-edu@seul.org>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 8:55 AM
Subject: [Fwd: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Cheating and home schooling]]]


> Again, forwarded from Sunil.  Please respond directly to him (and
> additionally to the mailing list, if you like).
>
> sas59@cornell.edu wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Your response was helpful. I am doing a report on home
> > schooling and I was just wondering if home schooled
> > students have the opportunity to cheat on say like 100
> > point exams or quizzes.  Some parents would want their
> > kids to have the best grades possible so they might let
> > them cheat on these tests.  I was also wondering if you
> > knew if home schooled students have to take the regents
> > exams in new york, and if so which ones.  thank you.
> >
> > sunil
>
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