I think the availability of solutions to the homework online does give people advantages when looking at the homework part of the grade, but the fact of the matter is when those people take exams they are not as prepared as people who actually take the time to do the homework instead of copying it.
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Usually I would agree, however, personally I have gained a lot from having solutions posted online. Though I use it as a tool to help me when I am stuck and I have no direction on how to solve a problem. I use it as a self tutoring system, which helps me learn the processes of the specific math problems and helps me overall with my understanding. I know that you do not want students merely using the 'cookie cutter' method, but I think that the majority of students would benefit from such a resource.
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This could be beneficial for some, but I know a lot of people would probably just copy most of it. Especially if they wait until the last minute to do the homework.
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I agree i think that most people would copy the solutions from online however, some people may be actually doing the homework themselves and get stuck on a part. If the solutions were posted you could get a little help. On the other side if you are stuck on a problem you can ask for help on Rhea or go to office hours as long as you dont wait till the last minute to start the homework.
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I have always felt that having online solutions or at least answers to problems is beneficial. No one is perfect, especially when learning new material. Therefore, sometimes checking one's work as they go along or their answer at the end, is an important building block and confidence booster that I believe helps the learning process. Yes, any student can simply copy posted online solutions and can probably get away with it, getting a 100% on homework, but unfortunately for them, no test are posted online.....
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I believe that the homework solutions should be available online because then people who are having difficulty with a certain problem, can then go see how it is done. There will be people that will just copy down the answers without even looking at how to do the problem, but that will hurt them in the long run since they probably will not do that well on the exams. The people that use the solutions the right way will in my opinion will be able to learn much faster and easier because there will be a step by step for the problem right there rather then either going in to office hours or sending an email to the professor for a small question and waiting for a response. I think that there will be more people benefiting from the online solutions then those that use it just to get their homework done faster.
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I believe solutions should be available online. I think answers should be given (not solutions) to check to see if the student got it right, after the homework is handed in, solutions will be posted. This can also help students see before a test how to do a certain problem if they made an error somewhere. I think people would benefit greatly from this.
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I also believe that homework solutions should be available online. In regards to the issue of students copying the solutions and not being as prepared on exams, that would be the student's problem. Each student knows what he or she must do in order to be prepared for an exam, and it is known that copying solutions as opposed to working out a problem does not help one to understand the solution as well. With online solutions, students who do care about learning the material in the best way could check to see that they are going about a problem correctly, and do it in a quicker manner than always having to see an instructor.
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I think that a complete online homework program is more beneficial then anything. When you click submit, you get instant feedback to whether or not your answer is correct, feed to help your through a problem, and the ability for the program to change some of the numbers in a problem to avoid the straight copying of answers. It is also automatically graded so you don't have TAs spending hours grading papers.
