Another worrying trend:

The NY Times had an article last week (5/17) on the rise of cheater-enabling sites like coursehero.com, cramster, koofers.com, and sparknotes.  These sites are worrisome enough, but here's my primary concern. The columbia student that the NY Times interviewed said:

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“Many professors who return homework won’t tell you how you got it wrong — just that it’s wrong. This way you can complete the feedback process, which is essential to learning.”

Uh... Yeah. That's the point of grading. Isn't it? Am I missing something here? Do other faculty actually turn papers back without giving feedback?  Is that why I see all my colleagues relaxing in the week before grades are due? Isn't providing feedback on student work the central task of teaching?

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