> Why is it so unreasonable to suggest that professors might create their own problem sets and tests?
Because creating a problem set or test that 1) is pedagogically useful and 2) solvable in a defined amount of time is a very difficult problem and certainly takes up a lot of time.
My solution to Chegg is to make assignments and tests that you don't need to answer every question for and put a couple REALLY difficult problems on things--technically solvable by the class by effectively not due to complexity/time. In a CS class, it's really easy to create simple looking problems that spiral out of control. I've occasionally done it even when I didn't mean to. :(
Anyone submitting a correct answer to it gets my detailed attention for cheating.
In addition, in a technical track, I do point out that not learning my class, which is a prerequisite, will absolutely kill you in the next class.
Between the fact that the universities that I have worked with will and have expelled people for cheating and the fact that my course is a prerequisite, I seem to have dissuaded the cheaters to take other professors. :)
Alternatively, they're just that good at cheating. Fortunately, the students who need to cheat are generally not smart enough to cheat well, either.
Because creating a problem set or test that 1) is pedagogically useful and 2) solvable in a defined amount of time is a very difficult problem and certainly takes up a lot of time.
My solution to Chegg is to make assignments and tests that you don't need to answer every question for and put a couple REALLY difficult problems on things--technically solvable by the class by effectively not due to complexity/time. In a CS class, it's really easy to create simple looking problems that spiral out of control. I've occasionally done it even when I didn't mean to. :(
Anyone submitting a correct answer to it gets my detailed attention for cheating.
In addition, in a technical track, I do point out that not learning my class, which is a prerequisite, will absolutely kill you in the next class.
Between the fact that the universities that I have worked with will and have expelled people for cheating and the fact that my course is a prerequisite, I seem to have dissuaded the cheaters to take other professors. :)
Alternatively, they're just that good at cheating. Fortunately, the students who need to cheat are generally not smart enough to cheat well, either.