LON-CAPA Survey Question 3: Does online cheating occur?

The following answers were from a survey taken by students in MCB 229, "Fundamentals of Microbiology", at the end of the spring semester, 2000. Selected answers have been highlighted that represent the spectrum of student opinion.

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When I have described the WebCT quiz feature to my colleagues, many of them are very concerned that students would cheat. Do you think this is a valid concern? Do you know or suspect any incidents of cheating that might have happened in this course?

I think cheating could occur easily, but it appears that everyone has a different version of the quiz. Everyone has varied questions. Students are not necessarily cheating if they studied for the quiz together, and then tok the quizzes at the same time. the same thing can occur with any type of take-home assignment.
I feel that those people who cheated on these quizzes are ignorant and very inconsiderate. I worked really hard this semester and earned my grades and I find that unfair if people went out of their way to cheat considering that all they needed to do was read the material and it was simple to just get a great grade on these quizzes.
I've definitly heard of cheating happening, but let's be honest, many of life's quizzes are open book. We only really memorize those things that we use constantly or enrich us, not just words and details. If cheating takes place,well, then we should abandon the entire testing system. Anyways, I thought that they were helpful, and I don't really see hoe you could cheat. Even if you looked in the book, or took it with someone else, you still had to look up answers and spend the time it takes to get a good score.
It is a definite fact that students will cheat. What is commonly done is that the quizes are taken in groups and then the average of these students will be higher. The first quiz is printed, and then the correct answers are used in a group. There is no way to stop students from cheating, so trying to eliminate cheating is not an option. A valid option is to change the system. By emphasizing on concepts found only in the book (less important) will force some students to read the book. If the exams however cover the important concepts also covered in the book, it will be possible to bring down the average of quiz cheatters exams. If that sounds confusing let me try to explain it in another way. By asking less important concepts on quizes-those who cheat will retain less important concepts in memory. Those who do read the entire book will have both in memory. When they take the exam I think they should do better. The only way to control quiz cheating is by using exams as a indicator of reading vs. not reading.
Yes that was a valid concern because most the people taking the quizes in the computer labs had gotten with a friend to take it.
I don't know of any cheating going on. Don't think there is any need with the way things are set up.
Yes, of course cheating is going to occur. Sometimes a student might not complete all of the required reading before taking the quizzes and comparing of answers between other students.
i have doubts that any one would cheat on the quizzes, since there is little room to do so, without hacking into the computer and changing grades. i mean, the quizzes are open book/ open notes. there is no way to cheat. only if the quizzes were expected to be taken closed book/closed notes could there be room for cheating.
I have not heard of any incidences of cheating. I feel that these quizs are extremely helpful to fit into students schedules where we are still able to learn but at our own conveinence. Even if someone did cheat they would only be hurting themselves.
Up until this week I did not think that any cheating was taking place for these quizzes; it seemed inconceivable to me, since the quizzes are already open book, and they are a useful way to learn. However, yesterday in lab I was talking about this survey with a friend in the class who does not cheat but has spoken with a few students that have set up a system to cheat on the quizzes. So I guess there is some cheating going on, though I do not know how the cheating is carried out or how wide spread it is. Personally, I think the quizzes are a still a good system and those that cheat on the quiz will have problems on exams.
I think some cheating did occur, but I think that the fact that these individuals cheated will be reflected in their grades.
I don't know of anyone that has cheated, I know that some students worked together, which seems like a fine idea. The system is a very on-your-honor type of thing, if students are going to cheat, it is only their loss because they aren't doing the assigned reading.
I don't believe that a desire to cheat could exist because you were allowed to use your book and allowed to take the quiz twice.
If you cheat you are only chaeting yourself, the only possible way to cheat in this class is to have assistance from someone who has already taken the class, but most of the questions are difficult and need the reading to be fresh. I heard of no such thing but I am the first of my roomates who has taken this course. I see it as a problem for those who are just therre for the grade and not the experience. Enough said
Although it never occurred to me to cheat (why bother when it is very possible to get a hundred?!), I have heard of cases where someone has taken a quiz for someone else. Maybe this is because they couldn't do it themselves for some reason, maybe just as a favor, I don't know. I also live off campus about 1/2 hour from campus so I do most everything on my own.
I have no idea, I know that I did not cheat, It never really crossed my mind to cheat since we got to use our notes anyway. People could have definately cheated, but there is no was of really finding out
I really don't see how people can cheat on these quizzes. We are allowed to use our books and notes. If cheating consists of people working together, then I do think cheating is going on. However, it really is not a bad thing since people have to learn what the correct answer is in order to get it right. Either way, the person is being exposed to the material. I think it is a pity if people cheat since these quizzes really do help us learn.
I'm not really sure what you mean by cheating. If you mean that people would take the quizzes together, then I think it is a good concern. I always did them on my own, but perhaps it is good the people take them together. It can be looked at more like a group activity. How effective is it for a person to earn a 60 on a quiz as compared to two people working together earning a 100? Chances are, at least one person will benefit from this cooperation.
I don't think that a great deal of cheating has occurred, although I have hear of some cases of cheating. I think most people would not trust others with their grades and most people don't want to spend the extra time doing someone else's work.
What is cheating??? You said we could use our notes and book if I recall correctly. Most of the time I only answered the study guide and brought that with me. The book was too heavy to lug around all day so I would not bring it for the quiz.
I don't think that students cheated. If the students did not know the material, the 15 min time limit would not allow them the time to cheat. I know that there were some weeks that I was behind in the reading and I would take the quiz and get a 20 or a 30 on the first attempt b/c I didn't know the material and didn't have enough time to search through the book and find the answer. I would just read the chapter(s) keeping in mind some of the questions and then re-take it where I would get a much better grade. So no, I don't think that there was any cheating. Even in lab, my lab partner would ask me if I took the quiz yet and if I hadn't and she had or vice versa, I would ask if it was a hard one or an easier one and that was all.
I really don't think that this is a valid concern at all. I think that many people have such different schedules, that they complete the reading and study guide whenever they find the time, and then take the quiz in their dorm room or computer lab. I was not aware of any cheating, and if there was any, I think that it was a rare occurence.
i know for a fact that people cheat. I know people who have friends in the class and only one takes the quiz for all of them so they actually take only one quiz a week.
Yes because I did see a lot of people getting together to take the quizzes.
assuming the quizzes were allowed to be open-book, and you were allowed to work with other students, I do not know of any cheating, or how you actually could cheat (unless maybe you know a lot about computers)
Yes, cheating is very posible, we often take the quizes with the book in front of us, and with other people
Honestly, I can't think of any incidents or ways in which cheating could happen because the quizes are slightly different each time you take it. The only thing I could possibly think of is if one student took a quiz, got all the answers right, and then told another student the answers, but even then I don't think that would happen, and if it did the individual who got the answers probably won't do so well on the exams since they don't really know the material.
I don't think cheating would be a problem. If these teachers are that worried then they should have quizzes in class that are open book.
I know for a fact alot of students took the quizzes together. I also was told by alot of other students that they didn't read the chapter or do the study guide, they just tried to look up the answers to the questions in the 15 minute time period.
I am a graduate student who lives off campus and therefore I could not cheat nor would I to begin with. I do not know of any incidences of cheating and I can't really see how people could cheat--unless by 1 person taking the quiz while others help and then sharing the answers--I could see that possibly happening. If you were worried about that--my suggestion, which unfortunately puts more work upon your shoulders, would be to format more than just 2 sets of questions per quiz. That way if people are working together in groups, there is no way to tell which quiz they would get. If you formatted 4-5 question sets for each quiz--everyone who was cheating would have to take the quizzes in groups of 5 and each would have to stand around and retake the quiz to help the other.
I don't think any cheating occured, to my knowledge at least.
i don't think that is would be easy to cheat since the questions change every time you access the web page
To be honest, the fact that people would cheat on these quizzes never crossed my mind unitl I heard one girl saying that she and someone else were going to take the quizzes together so that they wouldn't have to read and together they could pull it off. I would have never even thought that people were doing that. I thought that they were so useful...I read and outlined every chapter and answered the study guides for my own use and it was very beneficial.
Yes, cheating is very easy with this program. Often, i heard of students working together to take the quizzes. They said that there was no need to read because it was easier to look up the answers as a group. In general, i don't think that required reading was productive and it would be better to model the quiz off of the study guides more closely so the sudents actually do them and learn something from the course. This may be harsh but i truly believe that required reading in any course isn't as productive as actually requiring students to show up for lecture and learn from the teacher.
In any open book/open note quiz it could be considered cheating if you look in the book for the answers. I believe that students would often collaborate on the information provided in the quizzes but not necessarily cheat on the quiz itself. Cheating occurs in all aspects classes at UCONN so if students did in fact cheat on the quizzes, it wouldn't be the first time it has ever happened.
Well, the only way I could see cheating on this sort of quiz would be if students grouped together and took the quiz at the same time in a lab or something. If that is cheating, then yes, it should be a concern because I did witness two students working together on one occasion.
Unless you consider using the book while taking the quiz to be cheating, I do not think it is an issue. Who has time to get together in a group twice a weeke just to take a quiz?
I have no idea if students cheated on these quizzes or not. I never heard of any student talking about cheating on the quizzes so i would think that it did not go on. I know that I did not because I can't and I would not want to . These quizzes were made to help us and the only way that this would be is if we read and took the quizzes with no assistance. If ther was cheating on these quizzes I'm sure it was reflected in their exam grades and so by cheating the student is only fooling themself. Thes quizzes were not that difficult to begin with.
How can you cheat in the quizzes? They are technically open book-open notes, so it really doesnt appear possible to cheat.
I don't think people are cheating. I think for the most part the class is trying to understand the data and do their best. At least that was the goal of me and most my friends. There's no point to cheating - we can already use the text and study guides to help us.
I can honestly say I haven't heard of any incidents of cheating. Personally I don't think that this would be much of a problem unless two people were really good friends, and anyhow it just hurts their final grade anyhow because they learn less and wait until the end. fadenika Reaction-- It is possible to cheat on the WebCT quiz as it is to cheat in any other circumstance be it a written exam or quiz.So it is a valid concern but not more so than it is for any other class. I do not know or suspect any incidences of cheating. manderson probably some people did, although I didn't hear of any. I don't imagine the sort of people who would want to cheat would be that helpful to cheat with, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. the way the questions are slightly different each time you take the quiz helps make cheating less practical (you'd need a big pool of cheaters to get together for it to be feasible). having more available questions will help more (I realize you are starting from scratch this year)
Well, this is legitimate but what is the basic idea behind this purpose anyway. You want kids to read, and to get exposure to the material prior to lecture. If two kids always get together to do the quizzes, they will be interactively learning the material together anyhow. Also,, the kids will have to take the exam alone and will not be able to cheat there. IN my opinioun, if you eliminated the online quizzes exam grades would go down. If you keep them, regardless of whether you know that kids are cheating or not, their exam scores without cheating will be higher. My only suggestion might be to keep the percentage that the quizzes count toward the final grade not too muych.
I don't know anyone who would take the trouble to cheat on these little quizzes. I guess cheating on them could save people from having to do the reading, but since we can have the book open when taking them anyway it really doesn't do much good to cheat.
I know for a fact that many of my peers do cheat. This is unfortunate. I did not cheat, but it is possible. My concern is that I look like I didn't do as well as some peopel (but I did real good, about a 90 average), but some peole cheat so they get really high averages. There really is nothing you can d, though.
I think that it's probably fairly common for some students to cheat - mainly because it's harder to take an open book test as seriously as a non-open book test. Most of the incidents of cheat I've heard of aren't flat out answer copying, but rather are cases of say, two roommates taking the quiz together. Most of the time, though, I think that people don't cheat, because it's simply too much effort. I mean, you've got the book in front of you and they're multiple choice questions...cheating is more trouble than it's worth.
Of course there are students that will refer to their text and notes however, given the short period of time, its very difficult to finish the quiz on time. I think it would be expected that students would use such resources to help them take the quizzes. Because sometimes some of the quiz questions are so specific that students may have missed it while completing the reading assignments, so it would be easier to look up the answer in notes or text, or even because there are alot of materials to remember so soon.
I did not hear of any cheating. Although I did discuss my experiences with the quizzes with other students. I also would take the quizzes with the book open in front of me, if you consider that cheating.
I didn't find it to be even temping. It was open book with a study guide. If anyone needed to cheat it would have been easy to do, but not necessary
I can't really think of how one can cheat. Unless one person took the quiz and told a friend what the answers were, I can't see why they would do that because the person giving out the answers is doing all of the prep work and could get worse quiz grade while the recieving member is getting a free ride. Also the quizzes aren't all the same. The questions could be different.
Its hard to say. If the quizzes became too difficult cheating would probably become a concern - thats why making them more challenging doesn't necessarily serve the right purpose. As it is, there is no reason any person cant get a 100 if they try, so even if someone else cheats, it is not detremental to those that do not cheat. Everyone gets 100, some people benefitted more than others but noones grade is adversely affected. If on the other hand the quiz were so difficult getting 100 is not always possible than cheating becomes a problem.
How can you cheat? You already have the primary source in front of you, the book and you also have access to the lecture notes on the web. The only possible way of cheating is by telling others the questions that were on the quiz and that would be pure stupidity on there part because they're not benefiting anything from doing that. Why allow someone else to get a higher grade than you, while your grade is suffering?
Honestly, I don't know of any instance where a student cheated on a quiz.
I myself did not cheat, of course i heard of some people who took the quiz together to better their chances of doing well. But i think for the most part people did not cheat, and even if they did...both people would need to look up the answers together and therefore be learning at the same time.
yes in fact some students cheated on the exam. While in the lab I noticed that students would take the quiz together. (After looking at my quizzes maybe i should have joined them hahahahaha!) However, even thought the students would be taking the quiz together they would all be working. this would give them a definate advantage but in the long run it would hurt them.
Cheating is a possibility in this situation and I'm sure everyone has at least thought about it ( I admit that I have). The problem with this is that the cheating students will not recieve any of the benifits that serious students recieve from the quiz. It would be very easy for a group of students to take the quiz together without reading the chapters and get all of the right answers, but when it comes time to take the tests, these students will need to learn all of the information in a short period of time (which is not possible).
I don't know of any way to cheat, nor have I heard of anyone doing so.
I think a few people will always cheat, but the majority probably doesn't. I would never let the quizes count for more than 30% because of this concern.
cheating...hmm...well, um, er...no punitive action, huh? okay, i dont really know what you would consider cheating but a friend and i would do the study sheet together. split it up 50/50 and then we would take the quiz together too. so anything i didnt know, she would, and vice versa. but then, if you think about it, we would discuss any discrepancies, and probably learn it better that way. but, i must admit that if she had gotten one of the quiz questions right, and then i would get the same quiz question, i wouldnt ignore that. if you believe this is a problem, maybe you do want to average the 2 quizzes, that way, and here is a trick i know some people use...on the questions where there are 5 different boxes and you click as many as you think are right, the first time around, you click all of them and then when you get the feedback, you know exactly what the right answers are. or, you could also format the quizzes so that it will only give you feedback after you have completed it twice. that way, you would not have the right answers after taking it the first time. though, then, i probably would not have spent the time looking up the right answer when i found i got it wrong.
I think cheating is definately possible but its always a possibility in any situation. Just because its on the web under a password doesn't mean people won't be able to access through friends passwords or for people to work in collaboration. The cheaters are only cheating themselves. I personally feel like I have done as well as I have done because the quizzes have kept me on my toes.
I don't think that cheating should be a factor because you are still tested on the info. It helped a great deal and I knew my stuff after most of the quizes. The practice quizes also helped in preparing for the WEB CT quizes.
If cheating involves using the book, notes, or friends as resources while taking the quizzes, then it did occur. HOWEVER, the goal of the quizzes was to enhance the learning experience, which it in no doubt did accomplish. Having the quiz forced me to read the chapter and understand the material. My quiz grades did not always reflect how much effort I had put in (meaning I read everything, answered all the study guide questions and still didn't get a 100) but the material was still understood and that's all that matters regardless of the grades or whether cheating occurred. I personally used the quizzes as a learning tool and did not simple do them to get the grade, well partly of course to get the grade!!!
no its very hard to cheat unless if poeple are huddled around a computer working together...which of i did not hear of happening...i saw the assinged readings as a homework project that you could do with others and then take the quiz by yourself ...this method helped in understadning the consepts
I think that most of the cheating occured when twp pople took the quiz together. I think that even in this case working together allowed the students to talk about the material and help each other understand things more clearly.
I don't know of anyone that cheated on the quizzes or on the exams but i don't think it should be considered a big deal. if you somehow cheated on the quizzes it will catch up to you on an exam. there is a lot of info. you need to learn if you don't start to learn it for the quizzes it will show on the tests.
I never really heard of any students that were constantly cheating on the quizzes. Because of variation in questions from quiz to quiz it really isnt as easy as it sounds. The only form of "help" that i found useful (but isnt really cheating) was writing down my answers from the first quiz and useing them to help me with the second quiz. I'm not sure if you had intended for students to be able to do this or if you even thought about it, but i know that many students do this to help to get a higher second quiz grade.
Like we discussed in our Student Mngmnt. Team, I don't know of any chating incidences that might have occured and I don't think that students would find the time in their everyday schedules to cheat. Unless students had the same schedules to be able to meet twice a week for one to two hours it is unlikely. Also, like I mentioned in the meeting, I believe that the quiz grades are a reflection of the type of exam grade you will recieve. So if a student decides to cheat I think they are ready fo the consequences of failing an exam-and possibly the class.
The way I see it the quizzes are a great way to study the material and so if someone cheats then they are simply hurting themselves on the EXAMs bu to answer the question NO I have not heard of anyone cheating on the quizzes unless you consider taking them in groups cheating then I think almost everyone in the class is guilty. Taking them in groups gives me more practice with the material so I can know the material.
I think that students may have worked together, if you would consider that cheating. I wouldn't be concerned because either way every student took the quiz and saw the answers which, in turn, helped them learn the material.
no, I personily did not cheat since it was for my own sake. I do not now of any cheating going but I am sure it happens since it is a huge lecture and students want the grade and they do whatever it takes. I know of this since the girl that lives on my hall cheats like crazy and it drives me crazy.
I think students used their books as guides when they came upon harder questions.
I think that if a group of people had similar schedules or made it a point to study together that it would be easy to cheat, but I think that this should not be a concern because they will have to learn the material anyway for the individual part of the exams. I don't see how cheating on the quizzes would benefit anyone and I also don't know of anyone who has cheated on these exams.
I honestly never even considered cheating. The friends that I have in the class all seem to compete their quizzes at a later time than I do. But now that you mention it, I guess it is a risky situation. It would probably be very easy to cheat but from what I would guess, it would be difficult to find someone willing. Most people are competetive and do not want to tell others the answers that they studied to get. jmuniz
I don't know of any people that would cheat. However, I'm not likely to associate with any student that would cheat, especially on such a quiz. The fact that you are given two chances to take the quiz and that you'll only benefit from taking the quizzes if you struggle through the concepts on your own would make it very stupid for a student to cheat. Most students that would take MCB 229 are probably not on the level of cheating. For those few who probably did cheat it would only be reflected in their final grade for the course, guaranteed. So they only hurt themself and I really don't think the professors should worry about it rather they should realize that they are helping out those students who want to take advantage of this opportunity their professor it presenting for them to do better in the course. A few bad eggs shouldn't be let spoil it for everyone.
Do you mean cheat as in look in the book or at notes while taking the quiz? if so, yes i suppose i cheated, i thought these were open book quizzes if need be. I tried to take them without the book, as this is much quicker, but if I couldn't figure something out or if I couldn't remember an exact detail I would resort to referencing the book. Do I think this is a problem? I think it was a good way to get to know how much we know on our own, but not giving up on a question we didnt know off the top of our heads, because in the end i did find the answer out for myself, and i probably remembered those questions I had to look up better than those I already sort of knew.
I am not aware of any cheating that went on with the WebCT quizzes, mainly because I do not know many of the students in the course, and those I do know, I do not know very well. I don't see why students should have to cheat though, seeing as the quizzes are open book and we have two chances to take the quizzes.
I don't think cheating is a huge concern because it would hurt the student in the long run. Also, this course is required for many science majors and students know they need to know the information in this course and can't cheat to slide through because when they continue with their major it would end up hurting them.I am not aware of any cheating. It actually never occured to me that people would.
I don't know what you mean by cheating. If you mean that we used our books then definetaly everyone cheated, but if you mean people cheating off each other I really don't know of anyone doing this. Well, you also have to know that in this class people are taking it because thay need to know this information for the rest of their lives so it would be to their disanvantage to cheat. I would not recommend this quizzes for classes like Drama or Bio 107 those are classes that are more ge
I think it is possible for the students to cheat on WebCt quizzes, but I am not aware of any incidents of cheating.
It seemed rather difficult to cheat, and cheating would hinder any type of knowledge that we might need for our future career. I'm sure some cheated though if they were in a bind every once in a while.
no I dont think it was a problem because you could use your book so what else do you need.
I never cheated because I took the quizzes in my room upon comleting the reading. However, I did hear the last day of lab that the last quiz we had 6 people took together, but that was the only time I heard of that, and I think it was a one time incident.
I had heard rumors not from people in this class but I have another class that uses web quizzes. I heard that people were cheating on those. So I guess it is possible that in a class with so many people you would get some people who are going to cheat. Which makes it unfair to those of us who did our own work and studying (I was actually wondering how I was spending so much time and everyone else seemed to be doing so much better then I).
Taking the quiz and then having the opportunity to go back, re-read the material and take the quiz again was deffinitely valuable. I do not consider this cheating. As far as things considered cheating such as taking quized for other people, i do not know of any of this happening.
I don't think that is a valid concerned. I never thought to cheat and I never heard of anyone that I know, cheating. I think that the set up of the quizzes reduces the impulse to cheat as it is an open-book format.
I can certainly understand having concern for cheating. I don't know how most people take the quizzes. I have heard of two people taking a quiz together and I think most people refer to their book and notes while taking the quizzes. It may be helpful to have more specific guidelines on how you would like the students to take the quizzes (not that it would stop all cheating, but at least people will be aware). Do you consider taking the quiz open-book, cheating? I think that when people do cheat and not learn the material it will catch up with them at test time!
sure, cheating occurs all the time; it shouldn't happen but, unfortunately, it does. I never saw it occur myself, but if someone forgot to close their page it may have been looked at. To avoid this perhaps one should have to re-enter the password to take or look at the quiz again.
Yes students can help other students, but that is not really an issue. I know I never told friends what was on the quizes because I am competative and like to be the best. Also, there is no need to cheat when you have the book with the answers right there in front of you. If students cheat, yes it will improve their grade which is unfair to others, but I really feel that if it wasn't through the online quizes, those students would have found some other un-honest way to get a higher grade.
THe time limit may be a factor when considering cheating.I think it is possible that people did cheat becuase it was difficult to take thime in the allotted tim and somewhat timeconsuming to prepare for the quizes. I dont know of anyone who has cheated but i have had trouble finishing the quiz on time which was discouraging. I think also becaus e you made took the higher of the two grades from each quiz that may have helped to decrease cheating.
There is a chance that students may cheat, but I have not seen or heard of any cheating in this class.
I did not hear of any cheating. I was not tempted to cheat. I used the quizzes to motivate me to read, therefore cheating would be absurd and counterproductive.
There should be no concern for cheating on the quizes. It's too much trouble to devise a system of cheating on the quizes.
Cheating? Is it really cheating to take the quiz in a group? I admit I did do this a few times. However, it did not affect my learning or understanding of the material. In fact, working in groups tends to improve retention of the material. A few times concepts that were explained to me by another classmate and it helped. I also explained concepts to other students. Some people work better in groups whil others work better alone. There is the risk of students taking quizes for other students or taking turns. I don't really think that this is a large concern. In other classes, such as accounting, the teacher sets up chat rooms for the students to talk about the quiz before and after taking the quiz. Group learning. . .
Ha! I should of read ahead. Feeling rather clever at learning to 'beat the clock" (not the 15 minutes but the between classes limits on the quizes) with my use of Prescott's material, I shared this info with a classmate facing similar time consraints due to other reasons. I learned that some even more clever folks had set up an email network to swap thier copies of the first attempt. Maybe you will view this as creative group work - but attending schools where the honor code was extremely serious business, I was in culture shock. With less of conscience I certainly could have saved myself loads of time this semester. What's to keep students from rotating quiz duty?
For almost every quiz my roommate would take the quiz with someone else, but I don't think she was entirely lacking a learning experience. However, the two still worked together. I don't know of any situations where someone was taking the quiz for someone else. On a couple of occasions, if there was an especially difficult question, and my roommate had already taken the quiz, I would ask her what the answer was. However, I still did the reading beforehand. This is one of those situations where if you cheat, you're really just cheating yourself out of making the most of 229.
If any cheating occured it was very minimal and it was not blatant such as "do you have the answer for this questioned" it was more like some assistance and happened very seldom. I was in the lab several times with other students and I never saw any cheating!!!
I have no idea how anyone would be able to cheat. It takes too much planning with other students that it would be nearly impossible. The quizzes are already open book and open notebook that cheating isn't necessary. Also, there is not enough time to do the quizzes without reading.
On almost every quiz, I took it with some other student from the class, but only on the second try. We would take it individually and then argue over the questions we had gotten wrong and so that served as another factor in helping to review. I know that this is still cheating, but it actually helped me more because I absolutely know I remember everything I actually had to discuss with classmates whereas the questions I had simply gotten right the first time, I never gave them a second thought and later when I reviewed for the exam, those facts were vaguely familiar; the concepts I had discussed with other students while taking the quiz were always absolutely clear and ingrained in my mind.
I don't believe that cheating is a big issue. People need to have a good idea of what is going on to understand the quizes. If students work together I still think that they are learning and I know that I learn much better when I have someone to talk to about things.
I think it could be a problem, but I don't know anybody who would consistently allow somebody else to use their work. The students in this class seem very competitive, so I don't think cheating would be a major problem, but then again I don't know many people in the class. I do know that cheating on lab quizzes is a problem, at least it was in my section. The TA's usually spent quiz time setting up the lab and a few people consistently took advantage of that.
I don't know how you can cheat on an open book test.
No the time limit and different questions help in stopping cheating. If there was cheating it would seem to be a waste of time considering that the tests are not the same.
If using the textbook is considered cheating, then yes, I know that it has occurred. I would use my book during the quiz if I had not had enough time to prepare because of work or some other obligation. I have seen other students also using their books.
Cheating is a very valid concern. More than once, I have seen people taking the online quizzes in groups at the library. Another, more serious method of cheating I noticed (though not nearly as common) is through the distribution of printed quizzes that have been scored.
i don't know what do you mean by cheating here because we are allowed to refer to text and notes during the quizes. i always take the quizes at home and did refer to text and notes when needed. i honestly don't know what way can you cheat?--can you show me? i am just kidding--i do not believe in cheating--it is not a way of learning. i do not think cheating is a problem in university. i believe that all students attending this level of education are matured and they are willing to learn and cheating is not their or my way.
i don't think that it is a valid concern...if people are going to cheat, then they'll cheat. i think that it would have been even easier for people to cheat if you gave the quizzes in class...there are so many people there, it would be impossible to watch everyone. I haven't heard anything about people cheating.