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Cheaters Never Win, at Least in Physics, a Professor Finds
By admin | March 18, 2010
Cheaters Never Win, at Least in Physics, a Professor Finds
A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology devised a clever way to detect student cheating on homework in his introductory physics course—and found about 50 percent more cheating than students reported in anonymous surveys. And he discovered that frequent cheaters ended up bombing their exams.
The professor, David E. Pritchard, led a research team that analyzed student performance in an online homework system called MasteringPhysics.com during four different
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