Questions tagged [homework-and-exercises]
Applies to meta questions about "homework"-tagged questions on the main site.
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Does banning homework do long-term harm for only short-term gain?
When I first saw Why don't we just ban homework altogether? my initial reaction was "hell yeah!". As I've thought about the issue more though, I wonder if banning homework will do Physics.SE more ...
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Fine-tuning the proposed homework policy: what to do with the tag if the policy is changed?
A recent suggestion about changing the homework policy gathered quite a bit of support, and a specific proposal for a new policy is currently being thrashed out. The new policy is basically just a ...
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Banning homework: vote and documentation
It was proposed recently on meta that, as part of a broader programme of increasing the site quality, we ban homework questions altogether. This proposal seems to have really quite strong support. On ...
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Why don't we just ban homework altogether?
This site gets a lot of low-quality homework questions. Since I ignored the homework tag a few months ago, my experience of the site has been much more pleasant.
The current homework policy is nice, ...
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How can we improve participation on Physics.SE?
A lot of members have recently noticed a drop in the net question quality on this site. Many of us feel that this is fixable, so I'm trying to take steps in that direction.
Roughly, what we need to ...
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Does the homework tag now apply to any question without much research?
It seems there are the beginnings of an edit war going on with how can counting the number of cracks in glass tell you about the speed of imact?.
Now the question has a few problems:
It doesn't ...
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Should we rename the homework tag as "problem-solving", or such?
The "homework" tag is often controversial among new users who complain that their question isn't from a homework assignment (so they get offended, so edit wars happen, and posts get blocked -- e.g., ...
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Can we encourage the "research-level" meta tag? What about a "popular" tag?
I have been reading a bit of the meta discussion going on about the question quality here at the Physics StackExchange (SE). Especially in the wake of the demise of the TheoreticalPhysics SE, there ...
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Can we include homework guidance in the How to Ask sidebar?
This question is a follow-up to this question about what some of us feel is a large spike in low-level homework questions.
I propose we include a specific link to our canonical homework meta question ...
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What can be done about the (current) ongoing flood of homework and very basic questions overwhelming our site?
Since quite some time, the amount of new incoming higher level questions is decaying and the number of very basic ones is increasing, but the current inflood of bad homeworks (the good ones I ...
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Physics SE should emphasis on problem solving
I observed math SE is more active than physics SE. They don't close problems. I think Physics SE should encourage problem solving. Moderator should not close homework problem. This will help community ...
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Just to be clear, we do support the homework tag, right?
I stumbled across this recent meta question on the computational science site. What struck me was one of the community associates pretty much declaring that the homework tag should be abolished, since ...
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What should I do if I see a homework-like question with no homework tag?
Ideally the posters should be applying the homework tag themselves, but if I see a question that looks like a homework question what should I do?
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Are homework questions becoming more common?
After hearing that homework questions are far too common one too many times, I decided to take the initiative and try to prove whether homework questions are now the primary new content of the site.
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How should we deal with academic dishonesty?
Finals are going on for many, and we've had quite a few instances where a student posts a question from a take-home final exam (or something similar).
How ought we deal with this? Should we close ...
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Should we get rid of the homework tag?
Some other sites in the SE network have recently been moving toward eliminating the homework tag. I think this would be useful for us to consider as well, particularly in light of questions like this ...
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Objective criteria of "do my homework" questions
In the FAQ it is said that "do my homework" questions are not welcome on physics.stackexchange. So far I was sure that I know what are that questions:
Formulation of some non-conceptual problem: "...
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Is this an example of a good electrical question on Physics?
Questions like this one are potentially on-topic on Electrical Engineering. However, that question is a little too basic for most of our users, and we don't get a lot of homework questions as it seems ...
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How do I ask homework questions on Physics Stack Exchange?
What is the policy on asking homework questions on Physics Stack Exchange?
What kinds of questions are considered homework questions?
Are homework questions allowed?
What should I include in a ...
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Homework format
A recent questioner (perhaps subconsciously) posted a homework-type question in the "physics forums" standard format, I.e equations used, attempt at a solution.
I think that if such questions are ...
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Specific homework questions - too localized to be of general interest?
Not yet another question on "level" but on "relevance"
Should we allow specific homework questions like e.g.
Homework about spinning top
I lost a factor of two in the electromagnetic field tensor
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Should we allow questions asking the mathematical solution to physics problems?
An example question:
Solution for the Finite 2D Potential Well - Rotational Symmetry
It is being voted to close as off-topic. Reading the comments, that seems to be because it the physics is ...
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Do practice problems encountered in independent study or exam review get the "homework" tag?
I tagged this question as homework, and the user replied that it wasn't homework, but a practice problem for exam review. In my view, exactly the same question could be asked as homework and exam ...
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Yet another "What level?" question. This time for physics 101 homework.
Consider "help with coefficient of friction".
A basic physics 101 question, and a one-and-a-half step variety at that. As questions-that-students-have go there is nothing unusual about it, but there ...
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My question was closed on Phys.SE. Can you recommend me another Internet site where my question might be on-topic?
My question was closed1 on Phys.SE. Can you recommend me another Internet site where my question might be on-topic?
Here we keep a list of other Internet sites that might help students2 of physics. ...
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Towards a canonical homework question
Note that the site's current policy on homework questions is found at
How do I ask homework questions on Physics Stack Exchange?
which will always have the current version of the policy.
Many ...
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