25 September 2008

scratch paper for weekly quizzes?

my guess is that the hesitation to let us use paper revolves around controlling cheating and to avoid leaking questions. your ideas of how to use paper while controlling for these?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think it's criminal that scratch paper is not handed out for our weekly quizzes. NYUCD's reasons against scratch paper are a joke. (1) "Green" Campus- C'mon, each student prints out 2-3 lecture powerpoints a day, not to mention external study guides, etc.
(2) "Copying Questions"- As Garrett pointed out, with our combined knowledge, we could probably recite the 10-15 questions without any paper.
(3) "Cheating"- Have each student return their scratch paper w/ their ID (Like the biochem quiz we just had.).
(4) Prepare us for our Boards- Even though our Boards will be on computer, scratch paper will still be handed out.

D.P.