A professor showed that system to me. First, the teacher creates a custom 10-20 problem test (in a grade scale system) with no multiple choice. The students are then given it as a take home project with instructions to cheat as much as possible, however any answers that come back the same are usually fails with an option of retakes "couldn't even get away with cheating" for the peer pressure effect. Also give extra credit if they can prove they cheated.
Since no answer is keyed or searchable, it turns it into a modern skilled research project with a strong challenge component, plus the nice benefit of plagarism theory 101.
Solutions:
How is encouraging cheating a solution?
A professor showed that system to me. First, the teacher creates a custom 10-20 problem test (in a grade scale system) with no multiple choice. The students are then given it as a take home project with instructions to cheat as much as possible, however any answers that come back the same are usually fails with an option of retakes "couldn't even get away with cheating" for the peer pressure effect. Also give extra credit if they can prove they cheated.
Since no answer is keyed or searchable, it turns it into a modern skilled research project with a strong challenge component, plus the nice benefit of plagarism theory 101.
Oh, I like that idea. It's subversive, while also being better than the way school is currently taught.