Bangkok university makes students wear anti-cheating helmet during mid-term exams

[DocN]

They do WHAT ...to do WHAT????

That picture is not real!

please...someone...tell me that this picture isn't real!

God, I hope, no one in the old country sees this...

[metisdead]

An off topic post has been removed as well as a reply, this is not about the education system in the US.

[transam]

, I am lost for words (for once).

[Morakot]

This has to be one of coconuts satire stories.

More like a hoax if anything.

[harrry]

, I am lost for words (for once).

[lemoncake]

I always thought cheating was by cheating notes, not by looking at someone else's exam. So how did this hi tech helmets prevented that?

[thaicbr]

This has to be one of coconuts satire stories.

Correct.

The university cannot impose such head gear, nor would it.

Really... How can you be so sure?

[tominbkk]

This has to be one of coconuts satire stories.

Correct.

The university cannot impose such head gear, nor would it.

I could believe it. I had several years in this environment, you get some crazy dean in and this type of malarky happens.

[transam]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh, All the answers were on the paper head gear. ............True...................

[Emdog]

Here's a suggestion: have the exam be mainly essay. Downside is student's would have to be taught critical thinking and organizing thoughts. Rote learning leads to tests that are mainly multiple choice fill in the blanks lower level thinking tasks. Example: "How did the treaty of Versailles contribute to the conditions leading to WWII?" vs "WWII began in a) 1939 1940 c) 1941 d) 1942"

[catweazle]

Sweet! The huge "ears" provide ample space to attach a fair amount of crib sheets.

[LawrenceChee]

Any student worth their salt would have protested this ridiculous outfit and volunteered to sit next to the teacher.

However the lack of confidence and desire to stand out (unless it is for the gossip columns) will probably explain why there will be a continued trend of a very small percentage of achievers in this country

This reminds me as well of all these electronics and appliances sold in the stores ...every single item has an energy saving rating of 5 !!!! Wow just like the exam scores everything is perfect in this country :-)

[atyclb]

Anti-cheating headgear, excellent idea, 60 million more pieces and society has hope.

[brubakertx]

Thai students think it's okay to cheat!!!!!!! They start at very young age!

[YeaBiGgiEs]

Did they also make sure none of the students had on Google Glass?

[Chao Lao Beach]

Upon further investigation, we discovered Thailand's Civil Aviation Centre (allegedly) took cheating even more seriously and fashioned this - no doubt - ergonomically engineered effort

[LawrenceChee]

Thai students think it's okay to cheat!!!!!!! They start at very young age!

I agree with that ...missus tells me of her days in university where friends take exams for each other and bribes are common

[timewilltell]

Here's a suggestion: have the exam be mainly essay. Downside is student's would have to be taught critical thinking and organizing thoughts. Rote learning leads to tests that are mainly multiple choice fill in the blanks lower level thinking tasks. Example: "How did the treaty of Versailles contribute to the conditions leading to WWII?" vs "WWII began in a) 1939 1940 c) 1941 d) 1942"

Obviously B is the answer then haha

At least one student has a bent for fashion - check out the girl top right! It was a spot the difference you fools!

[timewilltell]

Upon further investigation, we discovered Thailand's Civil Aviation Centre (allegedly) took cheating even more seriously and fashioned this - no doubt - ergonomically engineered effort

Don't be stupid - that is the IFR training exam! (IFR = Instrument flight Rules where you fly the plane blinkered while the examiner sits beside you - oh never mind!) Edited August 16, 2013 by timewilltell

[timewilltell]

Somchai, you are in seat 10 - hang on a second while I glue these two sheets of paper to your head!

[allucero]

Now No One Will Graduate Now !!!

[Thai at Heart]

I expect them to sue because they probably will fail now.

[Colabamumbai]

They could change the order of the questions on the exam, so students sitting beside each other would have a different order, so when their friend whispers its "answer B" it is not going to be. An idea from a teacher.

[Andre0720]

Only to help them to concentrate on the exam rather than on the oncoming texting on their IPhone...

[pbfisher]

Why bother taking the exams when everyone will pass anyway? If they want to stop cheating they only have to space the desks out and make the adjudicator walk around the classroom all the time with his eyes and ears open

If you think that would be sufficient you've never taught a class of seniors in Thailand. Anyway, clearly there is no room in that room to space the desks.

[The Deerhunter]

For a THB1,000 bribe you can get paper blinkers with the answers written on the inside. (LOL)

Seriously. At least the uni appears to be trying to get honest results from the exams and prevent cheating.

Do you want to be operated on by a doctor who got his/her medical degree by cheating?

[LawrenceChee]

A toss of the hair left , right ...wiggle of a finger ..so many ways to cheat and the paper coconut hat does nothing

At air lines English exams people pay for others to take the exams for them as the ID and the papers are not even checked carefully ....you can enter the room sit down with your friend at different places and both of you write your names vs versus on the papers and no one has a clue

[phetaroi]

I think we're making progress here -- Thais admitting that Thais can be cheats! Usually it would only be farangs that do something as dasdardly as cheating.

Edited August 16, 2013 by phetaroi

[cup-O-coffee]

There is nothing wrong with this. It is focusing on the man drowning and a valiant attempt to save him. All other comments are describing the water.

This is about a test, and a decided upon method to extract accurate and meaningful information from the individuals undertaking that test. Everything every poster has comaplained about (and rightly so) are merely contributing factors to what brought this about.

I am quite pleased; even surprised, that a very few individuals took it upon themselves to drill down and enforce such a method to extract these accurate and meaninglful results. In other words, removing the distraction and putting the focus on what's in an individuals own noggin.

On a side note, it would be even more productive to extract meaningful and accurate results from these tests were the university to have a minimum of 5 different templates that would be passed out into the crowd; thus rendering "looking at a neighbor's paper" useless, since no neighbors would be struggling over the same content of each numbered item.

Still; this is a good start on something that should have been wrung out of these young adults at a very early age. Regrettably, it is an exercise in futility to put emphasis on something that is not wanted. Accuracy and truth is not wanted in Thailand. Responsibility and accountability is anathema to this culture.

Edited August 16, 2013 by cup-O-coffee

[webfact]

UPDATE

Anti-cheating helmet 2.0: Boxhead Edition

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/661156-anti-cheating-helmet-20-boxhead-edition/