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  Like I said, traditional homework can be done well. And if done well, it is not busy work.
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  A more effective method would simply be to adjust the educational apparatus to focus less on completing what amounts to busy work assignments and focus more thoroughly on understanding of the material.
  The vast majority of "homework" is in place only to verify that a student completed the reading/practiced learned materials.
  Fundamentally, AI systems such as ChatGPT are going to be integrated into modern productivity, adjusting the education system to preclude students from learning how best to utilize them in a formalized setting wouldn't be an effective way to set them up for the future. >
  
  
  A more effective method would simply be to adjust the educational apparatus to focus less on completing what amounts to busy work assignments and focus more thoroughly on understanding of the material.
  
  How is a teacher supposed to measure someone's understanding of the material if there's no writing, no essays, no assignments? >
  
  I took some classes in college where the exam was a 1 on 1 conversation about the material with the professor. It really separated the people who were just good at busy work from people who understood the material. >
  
  
  I took some classes in college where the exam was a 1 on 1 conversation about the material with the professor. It really separated the people who were just good at busy work from people who understood the material.
  
  So anything but a one-on-one oral exam is busywork? Is that your contention?
  People don't need to acquire the skills to write comprehensibly? To be able to summarize or relate information in any way but a conversation? People don't need to be able to relate specifics? >
  
  As I said it separated people “who were just good at busy work”. The oral exams were only part of the work we did, and there were essays and research papers. But writing a paper on a super well feed topic can be done without having a very good grasp of the material particularly when there’s a ton published about the topic already. Having to answer probing questions in the spot is a lot harder. >
  
  So, again, everything but the oral exam your professor gave is busy work? >
  
  What's with this false dilemma?
  A lot of stuff that is currently assigned is busy work. An oral exam is not.
  That doesn't mean everything but the oral exam is busy work, just that it's a solid alternative, and one of many. A traditional piece of homework can be done well to evaluate understanding, but is not always done well. An oral exam, overall, is more likely to yield a better analysis of a student's understanding, though is of course not without its own flaws (especially, that a shy student and a non-understanding student can be hard to tell apart). >
  
  
  What's with this false dilemma?
  A lot of stuff that is currently assigned is busy work. An oral exam is not.
  That doesn't mean everything but the oral exam is busy work, just that it's a solid alternative, and one of many. A traditional piece of homework can be done well to evaluate understanding, but is not always done well. An oral exam, overall, is more likely to yield a better analysis of a student's understanding, though is of course not without its own flaws (especially, that a shy student and a non-understanding student can be hard to tell apart).
  
  There's no false dilemma. I've asked you what you consider not busy work and your only answer is your professor had an oral exam.
  So I asked if that is the only thing you don't consider busy work. You've given no other examples of anything you don't think is busy work.