Purpose
Statement
This activity attempts to offer a model of excellence in paper-writing for
students to aspire to and emulate.
Description
of Activity
I give a take-home
final (in addition to the in-class final during the final exam period) which is
equivalent to a large, complex term paper. Students have almost a month to
write it. In order to encourage them to do a superb job, I make available to
them the very best final papers submitted the previous semester, to read (in my
office) and serve as models for them. The topic (which draws upon materials
studied throughout the semester) is too individualized and too complex to
enable students to cheat with this help. The papers simply show students what a
really good paper, one that has earned a top grade, looks like.
Materials
Needed
The best papers written
by students the previous semester.
Application
Students have never
cheated by trying to copy these papers. It only takes some office-hour time.
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