In article <mailman.5735.1390198899.18130.python-l...@python.org>, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Dan Stromberg <drsali...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I did a short time of teaching while I was in school. If three > > students all turned in the same assignment, they all got docked > > significantly. There was no "who copied off of whom?", it was > > "someone shared when they shouldn't have." > > What a wonderful way to promote an attitude of "my code is MY CODE and > should never leave my sight". What a delightful way of thinking to > unleash on the world. That's a little harsh. Working in groups, and sharing code, are important parts of how software gets developed today. Those collaborative work habits should indeed be taught. But, school is also about evaluation of progress. At the end of the class, the teacher needs some objective way to figure out how much each student has learned and assign a grade. It's hard to do that if people aren't handing in assignments done individually. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
