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Re:My students cheated... a lot by vlovich123 on Sunday May 29, 2022 @10:47AM (#31549548)
I don’t know. For example, in music examination, the outcomes change drastically if you blind the examiner from seeing the student or knowing their name. Unless you see something different in the world of music, I’d say the examination is happening at the same level of “good faith”ness.

How would you blind oral examination so that the examiner is unable to distinguish the student’s gender/race/identity?

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Re:My students cheated... a lot by FabHK on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:00PM (#31577210)
> For example, in music examination, the outcomes change drastically if you blind the examiner from seeing the student or knowing their name.

FWIW, the study that "proved" that appears to have been a pretty bad study. So, in reality, no: people are not terribly prejudiced, and things don't change significantly when you blind the examination.

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Re:My students cheated... a lot by vintermann on Monday May 30, 2022 @03:21AM (#31556311)
Should be technically possible these days, if we wanted to.

I still think we are conflating the objectives of

1. Teaching students skills and knowledge they need and want, and

2. Rationing access to jobs, status, etc.

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