Teacher creates ingenious exam question to find cheaters and catches 14 students

Re:Teacher creates ingenious exam question to find cheaters ... by dsego on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:19AM (#25714400)

Our professor performed a much simpler trick. An assistant was watching over us and halfway through the test the professor silently entered the room and several students flinched and looked up while the rest of us were heads down working on the exam. He then asked those students to step outside and bring all their materials. This was before smartphones, so most cheaters had crib notes. One other form of cheating I noticed during exams was students having ear peaces to get instructions from someone outside.

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Re:Teacher creates ingenious exam question to find cheaters ... by pacamara619 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:59AM (#25714658)

Your professor made all students who looked up from their sheet go outside in the middle of the exam?

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Re:Teacher creates ingenious exam question to find cheaters ... by dsego on Sunday January 10, 2021 @10:25AM (#25715507)

I think it was just a couple of them that got startled and looked suspicious or maybe he was there long enough to spot them whispering. After he called them out, I don't remember if he just checked their sheets and notes and let them return or if he called them to continue the test in another room under stricter supervision. I doubt that the students got wronged or treated unjustly in any way. The assistant might have pointed them out or something but I don't really remember all the details, just the brief anecdote.

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