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Exam time
For your information, here is the bonus question on my students’ final assignment this semester: According to the most recent Gallup poll of opinions about public schools, a majority of those polled thought that students or their parents were largely responsible for students’ achievement, but a majority also thought that schools were responsible for closing […]
Writing tics and reading idiosyncrasies
In one paragraph I’m reading this morning, a student wrote about courts’ passing a decision. There’s clearly some confusion with the student between legislation and judicial opinions (and two branches of government), though maybe it’s a matter of our slippery language: Congress passes laws, and the Supreme Court passes down law. (There’s also the unlikely […]
Paraphrasing self-test
After looking for a way to help students test their paraphrasing skills, I’ve modified what real programmers have done to create a test-your-skills-at-paraphrasing page (and the links to the folks who really deserve credit are at the bottom of it). It won’t cover errors such as borrowing metaphors, but it should give a reality check […]
Googling plagiarism
One of the perversities of Google is this: If you search for sites on plagiarism, two of the five ads on the right side (at least today) link to web sites that sell papers to students.
Talking to faculty
From Mel at In Favor of Thinking comes a link to How to talk to a professor. Generally quite useful. Too bad only a small handful of my students come to my office hours, and generally because of course concerns. Do I look like I have fangs?