Don Norman has written on this. Here is his preamble to In Defense of Cheating: "No, I am not in favor of deception, trickery, fraud, or swindle. What I wish t

Don Norman has written on this. Here is his preamble to In Defense of Cheating: "No, I am not in favor of deception, trickery, fraud, or swindle. What I wish to change are the curriculum and examination practices of our school systems that insist on unaided work, arbitrary learning of irrelevant and uninteresting facts. I'd like to move them toward an emphasis on understanding, on knowing how to get to an answer rather than knowing the answer, and on cooperation rather than isolation. Cheating that involves deceit is, of course wrong, but we should examine the school practices that lead to cheating: change the practices, and the deceit will naturally diminish." http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/in_defense_of_cheating.html http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/in_defense_of_cheating.html