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That's a strong counterargument. But I strongly believe homework shouldn't be graded. Incentives are completely misaligned; you're penalized for getting things
by bllguo 9y ago
That's a strong counterargument. But I strongly believe homework shouldn't be graded. Incentives are completely misaligned; you're penalized for getting things wrong, when that's a natural result during the learning process. No surprise, then, when cheating becomes a major problem.
I personally found doing problem sets and being able to check my answers immediately to be the best way to learn. There's no point to just copy the answers if homework is ungraded. If students feel no motivation to do homework to learn and practice, that's on them, especially at the college level.
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- lawnchair_larry 9y agoExcept when it comes to writing programs, the homework is the only thing that even remotely demonstrates your utility to an employer. I would go as far as to say that exams should not count, only homework should.
- bllguo 9y agoWhat? What employer has ever looked at a potential hire's homework? If you don't grade exams but grade homework, then homework just becomes a take-home exam...
- derekja 9y agoI'm teaching an intro Web Development course at the University level right now. No exams, only projects and homework. All submissions in github, so it's likely some will be looked at!
- lawnchair_larry 9y agoI didn't suggest that an employer looked at homework. But now that you mention it, I have personally done that when it was made available on github.