Top 5 craziest exam cheating ways caught by Examity

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Regarding the calculator example, I would say this: If having the calculator is not going to help you if you don't have the skills to use it properly (which I agree with), then there is no point at all in disallowing them. That is the point I was making and what I think you're saying, davewill. Let everyone use their calculators at all levels of education.

This does bring up something that has always bothered me around here; the notion some people have that just because a final is not proctored, it is all right to just Google all the answers. I would still call that cheating.

I haven't seen/heard this argument myself (where are these non-proctored finals, anyway?!) and while I agree with you that it absolutely is cheating, I would lump it in with the calculator -- knowing how to search for an answer is arguably a more important skill than memorizing a bunch of flash cards just to forget them within days of taking your exam.