should there be medal detector in school?
401332
I think there should.\nBeing in highschool myself, I know what my peers are capable of doing.\nLots of kids bring in guns and knives.\nI think it would be a good way to keep the youth from being corrupted.
137182
I took an educational psychology class in college and for an assignment we had to teach the class a lesson- the point was that students learn when learning is fun and integrative- so some people put their lesson plan in a "who wants to be a millionaire" format, others used a point system for the most participation or answers right, etc. gets a prize... I guess it could work with any game show- jeopardy, family feud, etc.\n\nThe main point of the course was that different people learn so many different ways (8 according to Gardner*see below*) that you have to use different methods to be sure everyone is gettig something out of it
468979
When I taught it was a tongue-in-cheek method of assessing a new pupil. There was no need to read through any files that came with them.\nAll that was necessary was to wait a week or two and see who their friends were. The 'method' was unerringly accurate.
136498
Put on the top, "G'Day mate!" as a welcome sign.  Have the students make Austrailian animals and post them on it.  It really depends on the grade.  I'm in 5th grade and I would enjoy doing that.
346766
I use Yahoo Answers searches to see if my students are using it to cheat! I have gotten lucky, and they have gotten a zero! Bit of profiling there, although I know that is not what you meant!
721080
It is a good way of checking how well we are educating our children.  If we can see they cannot spell the word Standardized, for example, we know there is a problem, and can take steps to address the problem.  If we don't have standards, we aren't aware of the problem until it's too late.  When you goto the market, do you just pick up pieces of fruit at random?  or do you check for bruises, insects etc.  Standards insure quality.
292782
Point to how much cheating there is... look for stats on accademic dishonesty.  Why would people cheat if knowledge, as opposed to marks, was the goal?
834697
Yes, this is to show proof of a pupils work in case of a dipute over grades/cheating.\nAlso several Universities have begun making copies of test answers and coursework submitted in an attempt to cut down on students cheating. A system is currently in development that will scan course work and make copies of students handwriting. when a change of handwriting is found between papers, the computer will check against other students work to check for this basic kind of cheating.\nthere are also programs in use that will check on course work to see if there is any duplicity for typed submitions. It checks sentence length and use of punctuation, to see when this varies. it is not proof of someone cheating, but it is used as a guide to warn lecturers that the student may not have done the work, or has copied it from somewhere.
997704
I taught in a public school for three years.  The "powers that be" actually told me to stop grading for grammatical and spelling errors, saying all of my students would fail.  That is a travesty.  From my perspective as a teacher, ignorance (which is what I believe you are really asking) is on the rise.  Despite compulsory education, it almost appears to me that we are reverting to a 19th century-like model with an educated few and masses of ignorance.
921529
there is a westpac competition i believe if you do very well, you get a prize of some kind, i got told it was money...there is also the australasian mathematics competition, i dont think you get money for it though, you get a medal for it...\nif you join these competitons, i think you might have to ask your school about it though...
651655
People have different abilities. Teachers are responsible for recognising that. Ok so the students get a D, it isn't the end of the world... that was about my average in school, and granted at 21 im still studying but this is not a negative thing as I believe im just building a foundation and getting a thorough understanding of the world before i really enter it. I remember these words from my childhood "if at first you don't succeed try and try again" it doesn't matter how long it takes, you should tell students in this sitution that it is ok and they should take their time, after all the snail once the race not the hare.
758254
Here's one for you. No failing grade should be included in a GPA.\n\nWe all have many more things at which we do not excel than those at which we do. We tell young people to try, to experiment, but if they do and fail, we punish them by averaging an F into their GPA. If a GPA is supposed to be a measure of accomplishment, then no F should ever be included because an F means that nothing has been accomplished, you are going out with basically what you can in with. The only difference is that you tried. We should not be punishing students for trying.\n\nSchool appropriate and relevant I might add.
397429
Its a bit old fashioned, but thats the beauty of it...not many of you kids know of it or would think about it.  What you do is find a small out of the way area of the locker door.  Take a very tiny piece of paper and carefully place it in that corner of the locker.  The idea is that unless you were really looking for it you wouldn't see the paper.  But when opened the paper would leave its spot.  Goal...when you go back to your locker you look at the paper.  If its still there no one has been in your locker...if its been moved or missing...someone has been in your locker.
82659
medals?  like a purple heart?
96264
USER ALERT!!!\nThis person is a teacher trying to catch cheats.
679620
Im not sure if your school has it but where i live they have a website called k12planet.com it shows the persons grades, attendance, and behavior.
956687
I think Disney offers a Teacher of the Year award.  Check out their site.  Wal-Mart also offers a similar award.  As for what the government does, it's through peer recommendations.  We teachers nominate each other and then vote.