Questions tagged [homework]
Questions concerning work meant to be solved outside classroom time by a student, including questions about writing suitable homework assignments, grading, etc.
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Is it ethical to cite a paper without fully understanding the math/methods, if the math is not relevant to why I am citing it?
I'm writing an article for a university assignment, and I am essentially looking for sources to support fairly surface level points. Two of the points I am searching for is evidence of diffusion ...
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Does not being able to reproduce results in experiment-based assigments constitute cheating?
At my university, in a Computer Systems course I'm TAing,
there are some experiment based assignments in which students are expected to
perform experiments, record the results and prepare a report to ...
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How to convince my professor to let me pass when I got less than the required score in just one aspect of grading
There are various assessments and you need to get a grade of over 50% in each. i wasn’t able to do that in one of them (I came close) although my overall grade is good. How can I convince my teacher ...
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Requiring specific licensing for optional coursework - is it OK?
To gain extra credit for a course I lead, students can share their notes from a lecture which we intend to use as starting point to develop a better (free) learning material than just sharing slides ...
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Does anyone have any concrete evidence for the time distribution of student assignment submissions relative to a deadline
My question is about submission deadlines. When do students submit their work relative to a given deadline?
I see a lot of second guessing and anecdotal evidence and "in my class I have seen this ...
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Are TAs expected to solve the homeworks or do they get the solutions from professor [duplicate]
Is the TA expected to solve the homework for the professor or is the professor supposed to provide the solutions to the TA for grading homework?
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The right to use one's own name [closed]
I have been putting my name on university assignments even though I know it's not advised. Something to do with unconscious biases.
To me it's a moral principle to write my name on my work which is my ...
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Is plagiarism in the form translating an essay detectable?
Say a student needs to submit an essay as a homework assignment for a course. If they find an essay in another language and translate it into English -- to me, this is still plagiarism. But is there ...
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Is it unethical for nursing school assignments to require students private medical information?
The curriculum for the nursing program at my university regularly requires the student to write a detailed account of their HIPAA-protected medical information.
The assignments usually require posting ...
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Is it collusion?
Is it collusion to discuss your assignment after you and the other party have both submitted it?
A friend of mine and I want to discuss our assignment after we have both submitted it. The assessment ...
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Is a professor allowed to take off points for an assignment they messed up?
This is my final week in this class and our final project included an essay, presentation, and discussion board responses to the presentations. This is an online class so we depend on the availability ...
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How quickly should an assignment be returned to students?
As a student, it frustrates me when a professor gives us an assignment with a deadline, but then waits a month (or sometimes more!) before returning the assignment to us.
I realize that professors are ...
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Should I let professors know of their potential mistakes?
I sometimes find potential errors in slides/notes that professors provide us as studying material. These are often some distraction or algebraic errors, other times lack of formalism that might ...
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What is the value of examinations (as compared with homework/term papers) under the honour system?
This question is asked in a university context where one assumes that the honour system works. (It is obvious that one needs more elaborate "sit-in" examination systems if students try to ...
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Why are exercises in US university classes graded?
I have been wondering a while why many universities in the US have graded homework in the STEM field.
I completely understand the grading for mid-term exames or final exams. In those exams you have to ...
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Is it ethical to assign problem sets and not tell students which subset of problems will be graded?
It is common practice to have a homework strategy as follows: a professor might assign N homework problems but only have some random sub-set of those problems graded. This is motivated by a large ...
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Allowing flexibility in term paper topic
I could use some advice from more experienced instructors.
My social science course culminates in a term paper based on independent research.
However, in some cases students end up changing the topic ...
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I’m being asked to research maths for my Python module. Is this right? [closed]
I’m a mature student, starting a part-time MSc. computer science degree after a decade in industry, after previously graduating with a BSc degree. I am out of touch with academia, but I am excited to ...
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Is it cheating to get help with graded homework?
Suppose a person X asks person Y to explain some material from a course. Person X shows Y some homework that counts for a third of the grade and asks for help. They go through the homework, with Y ...
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Is there any role of Assignments & Quizes in research?
I'm a graduate student and soon be a Ph.D. student in Physics. The semester is about to end. We have been given too many assignments throughout the semester that we don't get time to read the topic ...
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Why do instructors not pursue academic integrity violations?
As a Ph.D. student, I have TA'd many classes, and it seems every semester, we have caught at least one person for directly copying homework answers from a previous year's solutions. In most cases (...
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How does extra time for disability apply to take home University essays, lab reports, etc. that are scheduled ahead of time? [closed]
Timed exams are a large part of university courses' curriculum and grades but another part is work that is assigned to be done outside of class on the student's own time. Could be scientific lab ...
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Can I request for a change of a musical piece assigned to me due to physical discomfort?
I wonder if this is going to sound silly, I'd rather vent this anonymously online first before taking any action in the real world... I'm doing a Bachelor's Degree in Creative Writing and part of our ...
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Can I use the notation A:=B in a humanities assignment?
Currently I am working on a sociology assignment. Can I write A:=B (A is defined as B) in this assignment? Is this notation general in humanity assignments?
In STEM assignments, I frequently use "...
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Is it fine to inform my professor that I'm not able to follow his class?
I'm a student in an Integrated Ph.D. course in Physical Science (Physics). Currently, I'm in the first year of this course where I'm taking core courses. I'm doing this course on Fundamentals of ...
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What should I do if I did someone else's homework a few years ago?
A few years ago, while I was working as a freelancer, I did something very stupid. On a freelancing website someone posted a few exercises about ordinary differential equations and asked someone to ...
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Is it plagiarism if you copy the structure of an assessment? [duplicate]
I have a group research proposal assessment at my university, and my friend had previously completed the subject, so he gave me his assessment as guidance for how the proposal should look. His group ...
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Uploading assignment answers - for prospective employers?
This question is similar to: 'Sharing assignments with a potential employer'
However, it is not quite the same, and does not answer my query fully.
My question is: I have been thinking about ways of ...
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Is it considered academic misconduct as a tutor to help your student with homework that is for marks?
I am a private tutor and some of my students are in university with homework assignments that count for marks. Is it academic misconduct to help them with homework that they will be submitting even if ...
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What tools can compare all text of submitted assignments semantically after paraphrasing and detect plagiarism?
With advances in AI, it is becoming clear that students are using paraphrasing software/sites (spinbot, quillbot, rephraser, etc.). I wonder if there are any free tools that can detect semantic ...
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I see an increase in homework plagiarism due to the ease of finding solutions online. I am concerned for my students and my work. What can I do?
I work as a remote tutor and help students understand hard concepts/problems in scientific fields in college/university/industry.
I am finding a real lack of originality in exercises assigned by ...
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Does it count as academic dishonesty if I use the references of someone's assignment?
I'm currently working on an essay topic that a mate of mine happened to have done before on another course. He gave me his reference list on some ideas that coincide with my topic and stance, but I'm ...
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First year Math PhD student; My problem solving skill has been completely atrophied and continues to decline
I'm a first year PhD student in mathematics and I'm in a pretty bad spot.
Over the last year or so of undergrad and first semester of grad school, I've completely atrophied my problem solving skill. ...
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Why do universities check for plagiarism in student assignments with online content?
Why do universities check for plagiarism for their internal assignments? The goal of these assignments should be to study and do research from the internet about topics and enhance one's knowledge. ...
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How do you respond when students submit the wrong assignment, but you only notice after the deadline has passed?
I occasionally get students who submit their assignments, but I only notice that they've submitted the wrong assignment when I begin grading. I can think of three possibilities to explain this:
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My University professor copied parts of my assignment for the sample solution. Should he have credited me?
So I just saw this and found it kind of funny, a bit weird, I guess flattering and wondered if he should have at least asked me or gave me some credit and is he allowed to do this as the professor? !
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Is it considered plagiarism when you modify your professor's proof when solving a problem in a homework assignment?
I have a homework wherein a problem is eerily similar to a theorem we have proven and discussed before in class. Since we have a policy that the only concepts and theorems that we can apply to our ...
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Peer shared with me "too much information" for a homework problem
In the summer, I took a math course where one of the homeworks involved a question where answers were expected to include several diagrams alongside an explanation. At the time, I thought it was a ...
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Are assignment submissions on paper obsolete? [closed]
When students turn in papers, are they electronic? or do they turn in physical paper copies?
Perhaps there is one answer for high school students and another for college / graduate school?
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Nice vs. ugly numbers in homework and tests
This question revolves around using integers (−1, 0, 1, 2, 3) or simple fractions (½, ⅓, ⅗) vs. real numbers (−1.254, 42.72) in teaching concepts, assigning homework, and preparing tests for math, ...
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Should a teacher be able to solve all the assignments they give their students themselves?
A moment ago, I happened upon https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/99712/almost-impossible-sudoku-like-puzzle which explicitly mentioned that this student was given a puzzle in math class that ...
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How to allow students to work off-line, while still using an LMS to collect work?
Due to Covid-19, I am having to switch to a "hybrid" format, where I see students less often each week, in smaller groups, and more assignments are pushed on-line. The school is in an extremely rural ...
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Question regarding copying and pasting on exams [duplicate]
On Wiley Plus, will students be able to copy and paste homework questions if not on a lock down browser? If so, can I detect that through any many means? I have been reprimanded before for not being ...
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What can a student do if he has problems with homework problems that he is unable to solve?
In university courses, is it possible or good habit to ask help for homework exercises one can't solve? I mean, someone might think it is cheating but on the other hand, should a student be stuck in ...
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Could a student with plagiarism in assignment get a high grade in a class? [closed]
This semester I took a course and the prof is very restrict with the assignments, I had special circumstances (due to my research and my displacement), which required me to commute between cities to ...
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What would be the best way to convince a professor to waive late submission penalties?
I am a grad level student and I am completing my last course this semester.
The professor is reducing our grade by 20%/day if we submit our assignment late.
It is a lot. For example, my grade is 18/...
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Is finding answers and paraphrasing cheating?
Sometimes I have trouble coming to conclusions on my own sometimes and I really do love learning but...
I sometimes scour the internet looking for answers to homework questions and then paraphrase ...
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Missed Assignment due to Covid-19 [closed]
I was flying from Canada back home, after all the in-person classes and tests were canceled.
So my country(Kazakhstan) has strict laws that were enforced in regard of the new pandemic. They include ...
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Got caught for similar answers on an assignment [duplicate]
So recently my professor reported me and my colleague for cheating and reported both of us to the Board. We haven't heard from them yet, its been a week.
This was a class assignment for a masters ...
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Is it appropriate to have assignments due during spring break for an online course?
I am the author and teacher of an online introductory course at my community college. Each chapter in my class is designed to take one week to complete, where the assignments are due at the end of ...
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