Timeline for Are we starting to get homework questions?
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| May 23, 2017 at 12:39 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://stackoverflow.com/ with https://stackoverflow.com/
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| Dec 14, 2014 at 14:35 | history | edited | jub0bs | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
improve code formatting
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| Nov 16, 2014 at 20:35 | comment | added | cfr | @JosephWright Sure...? | |
| Nov 16, 2014 at 14:11 | comment | added | Joseph Wright Mod | @cfr Perhaps one for chat? | |
| Nov 16, 2014 at 13:23 | comment | added | cfr | @JosephWright Poor questions often do get answered, though, whether they should or not. (tex.stackexchange.com/questions/212102/…) | |
| Nov 16, 2014 at 13:21 | comment | added | cfr | @JosephWright Not necessarily. In the UK, that is usually the case and 'homework' does not always attract credit. In the US, however, 'homework' is often part of the formal assessment for a course and the term is used to cover what would be called 'coursework' in the UK as well as what might be called 'homework'. [Even if it is not work for credit, I think it is still problematic. But it might not be cheating in that case. But where it is for credit or the point is primarily assessment, it is cheating.] | |
| Nov 16, 2014 at 9:06 | comment | added | Joseph Wright Mod | @cfr 'Cheating' is an emotive term. Homework is part of helping a student learn the subject, and so short-cutting the work is mainly removing a learning opportunity from the questioner. Now, there may be some cases where there is credit attached to a homework element. The question of how best to assess learning is one for the academia site, not here, but I think if it's clear from the beginning that a question is about a credit homework element then we have got grounds to close. The problem is that's pretty rarely the case. | |
| Nov 16, 2014 at 9:03 | comment | added | Joseph Wright Mod | @cfr If the question is well-written, we'll usually answer it. We can't know what the motivation is unless the OP tells us. On the other hand, poor questions shouldn't get answered, and from what I've seen in general that's how most homework questions are. | |
| Nov 16, 2014 at 3:34 | comment | added | cfr | @JosephWright You don't object to people using the site to cheat? Or have I misunderstood your point here? | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 21:01 | history | edited | Jake | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Changed phrasing
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| Oct 25, 2011 at 11:57 | comment | added | Jake | @AndrewStacey: Yeah, I wasn't quite sure about that phrase, but it's an improvement from the initial "Isn't up to the standards we expect". Feel free to edit! | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 11:55 | comment | added | Andrew Stacey | One thing I like from that How To Ask page is the line: "To improve your chances ...". That makes it clear that there's a benefit to the questioner. I'd prefer that instead of "isn't quite up to the standards we strive for" which sounds a bit ... snooty! | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 9:56 | comment | added | Joseph Wright Mod | Agree entirely. I'm totally unfussed if a question is to do with someone's homework, provided it is in a well-written form. We're already clear on the 'please draw this for me' Tikz issues, so I think the necessary approach is already in place. | |
| Oct 25, 2011 at 9:05 | history | answered | Jake | CC BY-SA 3.0 |