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In article <moore.720579418@pv34c1.vincent.iastate.edu> moore@iastate.edu (Brian J Moore) writes:
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>Besides that if an instructor doesn't want students to get other help on
>an exam, don't give a take home.  Assuming everyone will work
>independently is silly.

Assuming that, if people are given a take-home and told they can
consult pubished sources yet not get help, they will violate the
rules and 'cheat', well that assumption is a sad comment.  Getting back
to the original point, I think that the 'morality' of the student
asking for help with a midterm, or of people providing such help,
depends on the instructions that went along with the test.  When I give
take-homes, I normally give them as open book, but state explicitly in
the instructions that the student may not solict or receive direct assistance
from other living persons.  That would include email and usenet.  Getting help
from Usenet is just as proper or improper as would be getting help
from fellow students while doing the take-home.  I think that take-home, 
open-book, no-help tests are good, because sometimes one has to research
problems on short notice and without help.

David Mark
dmark@sun.acsu.buffalo.edu