I gave my midterm yesterday. There were 30 multiple choice questions and one short answer question on the exam. The students were told if you do not know the answer you have two options:
- write something and hope for the best
- Write I don't know!
I offered the ones who admit not knowing the answer 1 point for honesty, and would give zero to those who try to B** S**! This was mainly done to save my eyes.
The results for both classes are different and confusing to me. The large lecture hall with 111 students had only 2 students admitted not knowing. There were 11 other students who tried to write something long (on a short answer question!) hoping for the best.
My smaller class with 47 students had 7.5 students admitting their lack of knowledge. There was one student in this class who wrote out bunch of stuff and at the end admitted that she did not know the answer.
In the small class 100 percent of the students confessed their lack of knowledge but in the large lecture they still tried to get away with B**S**
Do they feel that anonymous in those large lecture halls? The safety in number (herd) mentality?
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