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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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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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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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What are some good didactic physics sites which are more appropriate for questions embodying elementary misunderstandings?
Mathoverflow can suggest math.stack exchange. What are your favorite sites to which to refer students who need careful debugging? I am only asking for references here. Discussion should be on ...
