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- Full-Name: Franco Biondi
- Message-ID: <9208251803.AA21033@convx1.ccit.arizona.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 11:03:52 -0700
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- From: Franco Biondi <fbiondi@CONVX1.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Alleged "cheating"
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- I would like to thank John R. Vokey for saying:
- >What arrogant nonsense. We don't take any precautions that we are doing the
- >work of some professional consultant, either (Although, a really clever
- >statistical consultant could fake it. But then, a really clever consultant
- >could do the work herself). Nor should we. The student is likely to
- >learn a lot more from the posting of a problem than he/she probably would
- >by "solving" it on his/her own, or by consulting his/her textbook. The
- >variety of the answers received would be a lesson in itself. Posting the
- >problem to the list is creative problem solving. If Professor Turner wishes
- >not to answer the query, he doesn't have to. I, for one, applaud the
- >initiative of students, indeed all persons who avail themselves of knowledge
- >resources.
- I don't know how many students subscribe to this list, but it is encouraging
- to see that to ask questions is not just another priviledge of the working
- professional.
-
- Franco Biondi / Grad. Assoc. / Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research /
- University of Arizona / Tucson, AZ 85719 / fbiondi@convx1.ccit.arizona.edu
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