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I think the idea that they work is more important than these systems actually working. The hope is that these systems scare students enough that they don’t try
by slaymaker1907 8y ago
I think the idea that they work is more important than these systems actually working. The hope is that these systems scare students enough that they don’t try to plagerize in the first place.
I don’t think these systems are nearly as egregious as the 5 paragraph essay scoring system they used around 2010 when I was in 9th grade back in 2009. I thought it was fine back then, but now I wonder how that thing had even the appearance of working some of the time.
- ghaff 8y agoTBH, this is the function of an awful lot of audit/compliance systems. Their value is mostly not in catching actual fraud but to keep people who might be tempted to cheat on policies "just this one time" or "just a little bit" from doing so.
- Jach 8y agoHeh, in my English class in 9th grade (2005-2006) for one essay our teacher had us try one of those new automatic essay scoring programs. The scores were all over the place, for mine it claimed I didn't even address the essay subject at all. Anyway the teacher was reassured of his skepticism and continued with the practice of manual grading and feedback. I'd rather be the victim of a computer's bogus score than the victim of a computer's bogus accusation of wrong-doing. On the other hand it's important for everyone to experience the latter (by computer or not) at least once, and at least with plagiarism even if it's true you're not going to go to jail...