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Volume 96, Number 19
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Clickers might not ‘click’ in classrooms Professors say interactive devices can be used to cheat By Allison Kruschke allison.kruschke@marquette.edu
Using a “clicker” in an introductory science class has been common practice for several years at Marquette. Now, their use is becoming more frequent at universities throughout the U.S., with more than 1,000 universities using the devices regularly. Yet while they make some classroom procedures smoother, many professors are noticing instances of academic dishonesty surrounding the devices as they become more popular. Clickers are devices similar to a remote control that allow students to answer quiz questions and can take attendance in larger classes. When a student purchases the
device, they are registered online with the class so the student can be accounted for during class participation activities. One of the most common forms of academic dishonesty while using clickers is when a student takes more than one clicker to class –– theirs and another students’ –– and “clicks” the other person in. Clickers also make it easier for students to share answers during in-class quizzes. Professors have mixed reactions to clickers and how they contribute to academic dishonesty. Christopher Stockdale, an associate professor of physics at Marquette, said despite having a positive experience with clickers, he still monitors how students use the devices in his 100-person lectures. “I normally walk around and make sure that each student has just one clicker, but I’ve never See Clickers, page 7
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Many Marquette introductory courses use remotes for attendence, quizzes and class participation to encourage student involvement. Recent findings show academic dishonesty in relation to the devices.
High scores on and off court College drug tests NCAA statistics inject controversy show MU athletes GRADUATION RATES FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES who entered university in 2004:
have high grad rate
Marquette student athletes: 73% graduation rate
By Sarah Hauer sarah.hauer@marquette.edu
Marquette athletes are having success on more than just the field, track and court by outperforming other Division I athletes academically, according to the NCAA. The latest NCAA student-athlete graduation success rate for Marquette was 92 percent. This statistic refers to athletes who graduate in six years or leave the university with at least a 2.0 grade point average. Nationally, the NCAA reported an 80 percent graduation success rate. Mike Broeker, acting athletic director, said the athletic department does not necessarily celebrate these figures. Instead, he said these numbers simply reaffirm that the department is meeting its obligation to the students. He said graduating and performing well academically is part of an everyday expectation of the students and academic success is a reflection of the work of a great athletic department staff. “Every team achieves as they should academically, and every athlete is moving forward towards a degree,” Broeker said.
All Division I athletes: 65% graduation rate All Division I athletes: 80% graduation success rate*
All Marquette students: 81% graduation rate
*Graduation success rate refers to students who graduate within 6 years or leave the university in good academic standing
Source: NCAA
Graphic by Zach Hubbard/zachary.hubbard@marquette.edu
He also said it is important to recruit students who are motivated to graduate. Tom Ford, associate athletic director of academic support, works to help athletes with their academics. He said having successful students starts with recruiting athletes who are up to Marquette’s academic standards,
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Marquette student athletes: 92% graduation success rate*
CLASSIFIEDS..................13 STUDY BREAK....................14 SPORTS..........................16
although some exceptions are made. “We take on a few students each year who do not fulfill academic norms but bring outstanding athletic ability,” he said. “We do this because we have had success with them graduating at rates equal to See Athletes, page 7
Phoebe Williams, an associate professor of law at Marquette, said drug testing has been fought in public institutions as a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unwarranted searches. By Katie Doherty Therefore, for drug testing to kathleen.doherty@marquette.edu stand, there must be probable cause or reason for the testing. If one Missouri college preWilliams said that Linn State vails in court, universities may seemed to justify this testing besoon be able to mandate student cause the technical college has drug testing. students who work with machinLinn State Technical College ery, which could be a safety conin Linn, Mo., plans to test all cern. She also said drug testing incoming and some returning does not need to be constitutionstudents, the Huffington Post ally justified in private schools reported. For the testing to oc- or businesses. cur, students would be charged Marquette, as a pri$50 in fees. vate institution, could The American “In a situation where theoretically require Civil Liberties Union it’s a technical school, drug testing for stufiled a lawsuit against it is a safety issue.” dents without being the technical college in danger of violating last month, on behalf the Fourth Amendof students, to chalJoe Kvartunas ment. Marquette stuSophomore, College of dent-athletes already lenge the constituCommunication are required to take tionality of the test. Prior to this, the drug tests as part of federal judge presidNCAA regulations. ing over the case--U.S. District “The NCAA Drug-Testing Judge Nanette Laughrey in Jef- Program was created to protect ferson City--granted a temporary the health and safety of studentrestraining order in September athletes and to ensure that no and issued a ruling Tuesday that one participant might have an extended the order through Nov. 8. See Drug Testing, page 7
Requirement could be widespread if upheld by court
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