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Cheating math calculator6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() I have to have at least two versions of my tests for each class because they'll pass each other answers in other classes or manage to snap a picture of the test. The amount of energy I have to expend on preventing cheating and plagiarism is ridiculous. I know they cleared mine when I took my teacher tests (I lost my dancing teddy bear program ) but I didn't know how to do it. Thanks for the info on clearing the calculators. ![]() I just ASSumed that they would realize that using a calculator feature that does what I'm testing them on is cheating. I guess I need to go through all the applets and see what they do. Clearing the RAM will work there but it won't work on things like the significant figures calculator that come with the calculator. What bothers me is this idea that if the teacher didn't forbid it then it's ok given that I have no idea how many programs there are out there that can be downloaded onto a TI calculator that might be able to do things like perform stoichiometry calculations or what else may be out there that they think is ok because I didn't tell them they couldn't us it. I retested and didn't allow them to use their own calculators. I ended up just not grading that portion of the test. I was testing them on whether they could do math with significant figures and round to the correct number of significant figures. I don't usually use a TI-84 so I didn't realize that it has a scientific significant figure calculator applet that tells the student how many sig figs are in any number, performs the math and expresses the rounded answer with the correct number of significant figures. In this case it was an applet that comes with the calculator. Here's a link to TI and guides how to clear various aspects of the TI If not then tell them and zap their calculators the day of the test. ![]() There was no need to worry about what anyone had downloaded.ĭid you tell the class they could not use calculator software ? The few times I've had to use my TI for a test it got zapped by the test proctor. There are so many things I can think of in chemistry that I could program my TI-84 to do and I'm sure these kids are much better at finding programs to do what I'm testing on than I am. Obviously, programmable calculators will not be allowed in the future. What do you think about the "using resources" argument? I'm thinking it's just justifying cheating but I had students who I would have expected to know this is cheating tell me it's just using available resources. And what do they consider a "resource"? Anything that gives them the answer? To me this is worse than using a cheat sheet because the calculator program can do the actual problem you have on the test. That is so clearly cheating in my mind that I can't wrap my brain around the "using resources" argument. If I knew I was being tested on a concept, I would not for one second think it was ok to program my calculator to do it for me, to get a program from a friend or to use an application already on the calculator that does it for me. I'm trying to get into their heads on this one. I'm surprised to find that half of my students think this is ok because they are just "using their resources". The question is: Would it be cheating for a student to get a program from a friend they could download on their calculator that does what they are being tested on. ![]()
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