tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536957542993057070.post9096668374191323495..comments2023-12-01T14:23:43.504+09:00Comments on Korea's Information Society: IT in Education: New System Targets Student CheatersJames F. Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15659716363701288402noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536957542993057070.post-57101344771602194572010-11-23T11:27:25.704+09:002010-11-23T11:27:25.704+09:00On the other hand, hagwons seem to have found a ne...On the other hand, hagwons seem to have found a new gap in the Korean education market...<br /><br />"Essay writing tutoring costs skyrocketing"<br /><br />http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/11/117_76783.html<br /><br />It would be interesting to read an article on how public schools are planning to anticipate this shift in importance from test scores to essay writing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536957542993057070.post-1749202604926667522010-11-23T11:19:17.791+09:002010-11-23T11:19:17.791+09:00Good to see this shift away from test scores for m...Good to see this shift away from test scores for multiple-choice tests...<br /><br />As for cheating on essays, and the effectiveness of automatic systems that are able to detect this kind of cheating, it may be interesting to read the following article, published online a couple of days ago.<br /><br />"The Shadow Scholar"<br /><br />http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/125329/<br /><br />As such, it would be good to also conduct complementary interviews with students in order to assess whether they have written their essays themselves...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com