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At what point does collaboration become cheating?
Inspired by my earlier question.
Suppose a class of students is given an assignment. They’re allowed to discuss it with each other, but what they turn in must be their own work.
How do you draw the line between helpful collaboration with one another and cheating? Do you judge based on the similarity of their ideas? The specific phrasing they use in their assignments? Something else altogether?
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