AI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating–With Big Consequences

Re:AI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating–With Big... by golergka on Monday October 21, 2024 @01:15PM (#41906190)

I never understood why americans do their exams with multi-option tests. Even if you don't cheat, these tests don't actually test knowledge, just memoization.

For me a proper exam is when you get a topic, spend 30 minutes in a classroom preparing, and then sit down with an examiner to tell him about this topic and answer all the follow-up questions.

We don't do multi-option tests at software interviews, and for a good reason. Why do them in a uni?

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Re:AI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating–With Big... by jasperry on Monday October 21, 2024 @04:20PM (#41908137)

A big reason is that it's quicker and more objective to grade, making the heavy workload of teachers a little easier to shoulder.

I don't completely agree that multiple-choice questions can't test real knowledge. It is possible to write multiple-choice questions that require deep thinking and problem solving to select the correct answer (modulo a 25% chance of getting it right with a guess.)

It's true that MC questions can't evaluate the problem-solving process. You can't see how the student thought or worked through the problem unless you have them write things out. But again, that's a tradeoff with the time it takes to evaluate the students' responses.

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