Cheaters Never Win

MIT professor David E. Pritchard conducted a recent study that analyzed cheating on homework in his introductory physics course.  He arrived at some interesting conclusions. Chief among these, that cheating occurs  about 50% more than is reported by students in surveys and that this frequently led to students bombing their tests. The professor, David E. [...]

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Netbooks and School

Using laptops in the classroom is not a new idea. It has been discussed and implemented in many situations. The barrier for many classrooms, in implementing this technology, is the price of the average laptop, which has remained between $600 – $1,0000 until very recently. Over the past six months, the number of inexpensive netbook [...]

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