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

["Matthew Schmidt" <matty_x@hotmail.com>]

I can offer second-hand information on the topic of cheating and home 
schooling.

A colleague of mine was home-schooled, and he has informed me that he and 
his brothers and sisters were quite the cheaters.  If you'd like more 
information, please e-mail me personally with specific questions and I will 
answer them as promptly as I can.

M. Schmidt


>From: Gunnar Stefansson <gunnar@hafro.is>
>Reply-To: seul-edu@seul.org
>To: seul-edu@seul.org, sas59@cornell.edu
>Subject: Re: [Fwd: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Cheating and home schooling]]]
>Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:36:37 +0000
>
>Hello, all
>
>On this topic, I would actually really like to know
>
>(1) if there is any information at all on whether people studying
>and taking quizzes on-line at home try to cheat and
>
>(2) whether anyone cares even if there are two people solving the same
>quiz as long as the student learns something and
>
>(3) whether the use of any form of randomization (i.e. personalized
>tests) is a deterrant according to real data and
>
>(4) whether people who are forced to do computerized quizzes do better
>or worse than others...
>
>If anyone has any data on any of this, I'd love to see some references
>posted to the list, given that many of us are pondering on-line quiz
>design etc.
>
>G
>
>PS Not knowing the concept of "home schooling", I am assuming this
>means computerized home learning, given the list, no?
>
> > 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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