Timeline for If a professor refuses to elaborate on the contents of the cheat sheet, what becomes fair game?
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| Jan 23, 2023 at 12:38 | comment | added | NotThatGuy | @Matt I don't imagine/hope a formal cheating accusation would get very far, unless there's a clearly established precedent outside of the vague words of the prof (which may include e.g. the commonly accepted or official definition of "Formelsammlung"). But the prof can give the student 0 for the exam. In some cases the student would be able to challenge this as misconduct, in other cases no-one else would care. | |
| Jan 23, 2023 at 11:54 | comment | added | Opifex | I also disagree with this answer. What is fair does not equal what is wise. The professor refused to elaborate, so the student can do whatever he or she pleases. However, it is indeed true that this holds the risk of it being considered cheating at the exam. It all depends on how bold you are willing to be. | |
| Jan 23, 2023 at 11:52 | comment | added | Opifex | @JonathanZsupportsMonicaC except here it's clearly interpreted in a totally different way than OP used it. What "fair game" usually means (and what OP intended here) was "what is acceptable to do in this context?". So specifically: "what would be acceptable to write on this sheet, within the boundaries of the very vague and ambiguous limits the professor gave me?" | |
| Jan 22, 2023 at 10:26 | comment | added | Wrzlprmft♦ | If you make more liberal assumptions and are wrong, you don't get points for trying. – I disagree: If you can store other information than pure formulas on the sheet and thus do not have to memorise it (or not have it at all), you have an advantage in the exam. | |
| Jan 22, 2023 at 10:23 | history | edited | Wrzlprmft♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 22, 2023 at 2:46 | comment | added | Matt | As for the ref, isn't that the role of the Dept Chair, Disciplinary Committee, Honor Council, or whatever body would (attempt to) punish the student for violating the exam rules? | |
| Jan 22, 2023 at 1:58 | comment | added | JonathanZ | Etymology does not trump usage. | |
| Jan 22, 2023 at 0:18 | comment | added | David Zhang | FYI: The phrase "fair game" has nothing to do with gaming, or implying that education should be an adversarial game -- it comes from "game" in the sense of hunting, where wildlife protection regulations dictate what is and isn't "fair game." You seem to be reading a lot of strange intent into OP's words that isn't actually there. | |
| Jan 21, 2023 at 13:28 | history | answered | Buffy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |