‘But there is a difference between recognising AI use and proving its use. So I tried an experiment. … I received 122 paper submissions. Of those, the Trojan horse easily identified 33 AI-generated papers. I sent these stats to all the students and gave them the opportunity to admit to using AI before they were locked into failing the class. Another 14 outed themselves. In other words, nearly 39% of the submissions were at least partially written by AI.‘
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I think the only solution is the Cambridge exam system.
The only grade they get is at the final written exam. all other assignments and tests are formative, to see if they are on track or to practice skills... This way it does not matter if a student cheats in those assignments, they only hurt themselves. Sorry for the final exam stress though.
A significant percentage of my classes at University were a midterm and final, or just a final. I thought they worked just fine.
I took three history classes while I was in college. It's been a while, but I recall most of them having a paper or two and those papers counting for a pretty big chunk of you grade. The author of the article is a history teacher, so essays make some amount of sense.
My engineering classes were basically as you described.
I had a couple classes in college where the grade was 8% homework, 42% midterm, and 42% final exam. Feels a bit more balanced
I think we should also be adjusting the criteria we use for grading. Information accuracy should be weighted far more heavily, and spelling/grammar being de-prioritized. AI can correct bad spelling and grammar, but it's terrible for information accuracy
What were the other 8 percent?
My math undergrad classes were largely like that, too, and that was before there were smartphone solver apps, let alone "AI". A typical grade breakdown was 10% assignments, 30% midterm, 60% final in first and second year. Then in third and fourth year, it was entirely midterm + final.
They gave a few marks for assignments in lower years since high schoolers often come to them thinking the only things that are important are grades, so won't practice unless it's for marks. If you haven't figured out that practice is important by third year...
And agreed re: changing the focus of our assessment, just like memorizing facts for history "trivia-style" assessment should no longer be used by anyone in a post-search Web 2.0 world. (Although it was never good assessment, regardless.)
also bad at synthesizing new ideas.. however, it is likely that future models will be better at those things.
then whole situation sucks and I'm glad I'm out of uni.
Except this is terrible for a lot of people and then only measures how well people do at taking tests.
I'm open to alternatives that can't be chatgtped. tech bros destroyed them all
What is a "Cambridge exam system"?
Meant how the university of Cambridge does their tests. rather than year long exams and assignments being a fraction of your grade. the only grade that matters is that of the final yearly exam. I think it is the only one in the UK that does that. not sure how it works in the rest of the world, but I think that is rare. but likely the only AI proof system.
IE, you can literally goof off the whole year, not even be in town, and if you show up for the exam and ace it you get a good grade.
God that's great. I've failed classes in Uni where I got As on all the tests, just because I didn't do the homework >:0
Classes like Calc 2,3, Thermo/fluid dynamics, chem classes etc never had required homework for me, just suggested. The only classes with required homework were engineering projects building something physical or programs I had to submit in C or what not. I suppose I had a writing course that required I turned in essays, but I don't know how you'd get around that.
Or reversly, you have one bad day
yhea, I think you can take then again if you fail. not a good day to wake up with a migraine