Teaching Question

[Catholic]

I teach an advanced placement course for which students take a national standardized test at the end of the year. A few years ago, a student told me about type of problem that was on the exam after taking it, even though disclosure of test contents was prohibited. I then realized that the concept underlying this problem is a required component of the curriculum that I was supposed to cover. When it comes time to cover it again this year, I cannot be sure I would have thought to teach it were it not for the forbidden comment made a few years ago. There have been subsequent “legitimate” ways that I have been made aware of this concept (such as practice tests), but I may very well not have taught it from this information alone. Would it be cheating to expose the current class to this information?

 

[JM3]

I teach an advanced placement course for which students take a national standardized test at the end of the year. A few years ago, a student told me about type of problem that was on the exam after taking it, even though disclosure of test contents was prohibited. I then realized that the concept underlying this problem is a required component of the curriculum that I was supposed to cover. When it comes time to cover it again this year, I cannot be sure I would have thought to teach it were it not for the forbidden comment made a few years ago. There have been subsequent “legitimate” ways that I have been made aware of this concept (such as practice tests), but I may very well not have taught it from this information alone. Would it be cheating to expose the current class to this information?

You have answered your own question. How can it be ‘cheating’, if it is required and your are supposed to* teach* it?

 

[puzzleannie]

this question makes no sense
all the national standardized tests have practice tests and publish preparation guides that show what type of material will be covered and the types of questions used. Why on earth would using information they themselves release for the purpose of preparing students to take the test be wrong or cheating?

 

[1ke]

I teach an advanced placement course for which students take a national standardized test at the end of the year. A few years ago, a student told me about type of problem that was on the exam after taking it, even though disclosure of test contents was prohibited. I then realized that the concept underlying this problem is a required component of the curriculum that I was supposed to cover. When it comes time to cover it again this year, I cannot be sure I would have thought to teach it were it not for the forbidden comment made a few years ago. There have been subsequent “legitimate” ways that I have been made aware of this concept (such as practice tests), but I may very well not have taught it from this information alone. Would it be cheating to expose the current class to this information?

You seem to tend towards scrupulosity. I suggest you get some counseling for that.

To answer your question, no. It is documented that this is a subject item. It is not “cheating” to teach kids this subject item.