Questions tagged [homework]
The homework tag has no usage guidance.
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The return of the homework question
It has become a ritual: three times a semester (around 2nd week, midterms and finals) there is a flow of simple, homework-like questions (mostly in the field of automata theory; US education system is ...
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Homework tag discussion
This discussion started in my other question "Will Homework Questions Be Allowed?".
Should we allow the tag? It seems that some of our sister sites (Programmers, stackoverflow) have not allowed the ...
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Should we have a custom close reason for homework assignment dumps?
Since the beginning of the north hemisphere term, we've seen a sharp increase in questions that consist solely of a dump of a homework assignment, where there is no question, only “solve this”.
Our ...
asked Nov 22 '13 at 22:15
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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What should the homework tag mean?
The outcome of the homework tag discussion is not clear so far: there is a slight majority in favor of having a homework tag, but no agreement as to what the tag means. The meanings I've seen proposed ...
asked Apr 29 '12 at 19:38
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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How do I ask a good homework question?
I'm doing some computer science homework and I need help. How should I ask my question here?
The existing discussions about homework tend to center around how to answer them and how to moderate them. ...
asked May 28 '16 at 23:33
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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Will homework questions be allowed?
Since the current FAQs say this site is for students as well as professionals, what will the policy on homework be?
What are the guidelines that a homework question should follow if it is to be asked?...
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Just-a-hint tag
This relates to the following discussion:
Homework tag discussion
After talking to Gilles in chat about possible solutions to the homework tag problem. The tag just-a-hint was suggested. The purpose ...
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Towards a homework policy
The purpose of this thread is to determine what our homework policy should be, if any.
In previous discussions, we saw:
Will homework questions be allowed? → Homework questions are allowed, but we ...
asked Jun 17 '12 at 0:10
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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Why isn't CS functioning as MathExchange or StackOverflow?
I understand that all the forums serve different purposes, and they have their own moderators, rules and policies. But CS seems completely different to me, with respect to all the other forums I have ...
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Should we downvote solution request?
This question is motivated by this comment.
Recently I see more an more questions which explicitly asks for solution to given class problems. This happens mostly before exams period. It looks like ...
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What to do if someone asks my assignment question?
It seems that a student has posted a question I have given my students as an assignment on this site.
Is there a policy regarding this?
