Academic dishonesty is a massive issue, and while this seems to be the nuclear option in terms of trying to prevent it I'd be lying if I said there weren't times I wished my university would do...
Academic dishonesty is a massive issue, and while this seems to be the nuclear option in terms of trying to prevent it I'd be lying if I said there weren't times I wished my university would do something similar...
You have a favourable view of a country whose government turns on and off the flow of data on a whim? That's a terrifyingly authoritarian manifestation of government overreach - no matter if the...
You have a favourable view of a country whose government turns on and off the flow of data on a whim? That's a terrifyingly authoritarian manifestation of government overreach - no matter if the intent is seemingly benign.
I just don't get why it's needed. Here in the UK everything is pretty watertight (except exam papers sometimes getting leaked the night before - it just happened with an Edexcel maths paper - but...
I just don't get why it's needed. Here in the UK everything is pretty watertight (except exam papers sometimes getting leaked the night before - it just happened with an Edexcel maths paper - but that wouldn't be stopped by this system) and we don't need to take such drastic measures to achieve it. I'd guess it might be because the exam centres are far larger in Algeria than in the UK but even so this seems so over-the-top.
"The nuclear option". There are a ton of ways to cheat in the classroom without using the internet. There is no nuclear option because it won't stop anything, this is just an abuse of power. Thats...
"The nuclear option".
There are a ton of ways to cheat in the classroom without using the internet. There is no nuclear option because it won't stop anything, this is just an abuse of power. Thats like arguing that the nuclear option to ending illegal immigration is building a border wall
Added to the Internet shutdown, Nouria Benghabrit, Algeria's Minister of Education, has indicated that electronic devices with Internet access will also be banned from high school exam centers and metal detectors will be installed at the entrances of the exam centres.
That's nothing compared to what South Korea does for exams. Flights aren't allowed to land. Offices open late. Construction banned. Trucks are banned from roads near exam centres. Even the stock...
That's nothing compared to what South Korea does for exams. Flights aren't allowed to land. Offices open late. Construction banned. Trucks are banned from roads near exam centres. Even the stock market opens late. It isn't to prevent cheating though but to ensure students can focus on their exams.
That about sums it up, I think. How absurd. I'm not crazy about standardized testing in the first place, but these examples just take it to ridiculous extremes.
The pressure to score well in the exam has been blamed for teenage depression and suicide rates that are among the highest in the world.
That about sums it up, I think. How absurd. I'm not crazy about standardized testing in the first place, but these examples just take it to ridiculous extremes.
How strange. I don't see why this is necessary at all.
Academic dishonesty is a massive issue, and while this seems to be the nuclear option in terms of trying to prevent it I'd be lying if I said there weren't times I wished my university would do something similar...
You have a favourable view of a country whose government turns on and off the flow of data on a whim? That's a terrifyingly authoritarian manifestation of government overreach - no matter if the intent is seemingly benign.
I just don't get why it's needed. Here in the UK everything is pretty watertight (except exam papers sometimes getting leaked the night before - it just happened with an Edexcel maths paper - but that wouldn't be stopped by this system) and we don't need to take such drastic measures to achieve it. I'd guess it might be because the exam centres are far larger in Algeria than in the UK but even so this seems so over-the-top.
"The nuclear option".
There are a ton of ways to cheat in the classroom without using the internet. There is no nuclear option because it won't stop anything, this is just an abuse of power. Thats like arguing that the nuclear option to ending illegal immigration is building a border wall
All of this for high school exams?
That's nothing compared to what South Korea does for exams. Flights aren't allowed to land. Offices open late. Construction banned. Trucks are banned from roads near exam centres. Even the stock market opens late. It isn't to prevent cheating though but to ensure students can focus on their exams.
That about sums it up, I think. How absurd. I'm not crazy about standardized testing in the first place, but these examples just take it to ridiculous extremes.