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If you create a metric, it will get gamified until it's no longer measuring anything. Especially now with remote school, where students pay regular tuition to
by 908B64B197 6y ago
If you create a metric, it will get gamified until it's no longer measuring anything.
Especially now with remote school, where students pay regular tuition to get the privilege of having multiple choice exams proctored via some spyware, I can see why some just see it as an exercise to be min-maxed.
Caltech always had a strong culture of take-home exams and academic honesty, so it's really a solved problem.
- fwipsy 6y agoI think Caltech's solution may depend on only accepting a small subset of the population. If that's the case, it's obviously not practical for most universities.
- 908B64B197 6y agoThey select applicants that are curious and want to learn, not just get a piece of paper.