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Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI (www.techspot.com)
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In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students' midterm. It was about the...

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[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

Literally all knowledge and understanding requires memorization of some sort and the understanding of reality and prior information.

But is that what schools are teaching? When's the last time you heard of a school that prioritizes the way its students think and focuses on improving their reasoning and cognitive skills?

I'm not knocking memorization but it shouldn't be the main or only token by which learning is evaluated.