Why do so many people?
mathsmanretired asked:
Why do so many people giving answers on the mathematics part of this website misuse it. (Perhaps misuse is too strong - better might be not use it to best advantage.) You don’t help someone in the long run by just giving an answer. It might get them a higher mark or grade on that assignment (and even this is not certain - a good teacher can in seconds distinguish between someone who has copied an answer and someone who has, perhaps with help, worked it out for themselves.) I am a retired British mathematics teacher who found this site by accident when asking how much a replacement central heating boiler would cost! I Have spent a few hours helping students understand HOW to do questions only to find that two minutes later someone, presumably another student, comes along and just gives every line of the working to an answer (and in at least three cases it was partially incorrect.) Does this really help them?
Luis
Why do so many people giving answers on the mathematics part of this website misuse it. (Perhaps misuse is too strong - better might be not use it to best advantage.) You don’t help someone in the long run by just giving an answer. It might get them a higher mark or grade on that assignment (and even this is not certain - a good teacher can in seconds distinguish between someone who has copied an answer and someone who has, perhaps with help, worked it out for themselves.) I am a retired British mathematics teacher who found this site by accident when asking how much a replacement central heating boiler would cost! I Have spent a few hours helping students understand HOW to do questions only to find that two minutes later someone, presumably another student, comes along and just gives every line of the working to an answer (and in at least three cases it was partially incorrect.) Does this really help them?
Luis
