Topic 4
A lot of high school students now cheat in homework assignments, by asking other students for answers. Which of the following do you think is the most efficient way to stop?
-asking parents to help stop the students from cheating
-penalty or punishment to the students
-asking teacher to create homework assignment that cannot be easily cheated
choice: asking teacher to create homework assignment that cannot be easily cheated
Reason1:One of the major causes of the problem is that teachers can hardly figure out whether students have cheated or not.
问题的主要原因之一是作弊难以被老师识别。
Support1:客观题的答案都是一样的。像作文之类的作业通常不会有人抄。
Reason2:Some students cheat because they do not attach great importance to that kind of homework assignment, which is dreary and repetitive.
一些学生抄作业是因为他们不认为这些重复性的枯燥作业很重要。
Support2:学生很难意识到重复的练习是为了加深他们的记忆。比如计算题,大部分学生认为既然他们知道公式,为什么要重复地做本质相同的题目。然而实际上,重复训练是重要的,只是教师应该采取更有趣的方式,并且在学生意识到重复训练的重要性前,阻止他们偷懒。
让步:Admittedly, the other solutions can also help, to certain extent. But as what is mentioned above, teachers and parents ought to figure out cheating first, which remains a problem.
其他两种解决方法理论上也有用,但是如何发现作弊是第一步的难题。