Records on your individual test and lab performance are available upon request. We expect that all material turned in by you is your own work, even though studying and reviewing in groups is strongly encouraged. While Earlham encourages cooperative modes of learning rather than competitive ones, it assumes that one's work is one's own, except for assignments specified as group projects. In this class, quizzes and tests are to be done without reference to books, notes or other external sources. Other areas of the class involve more cooperative efforts.
Cooperative work is encouraged in certain aspects of lab work and homework.
In the laboratory, you will often work with others on an experiment. In these cases, it is expected that each partner will contribute a fair share to the laboratory effort. Do not merely copy another's calculations, and do not allow others to copy yours. When you are asked to answer questions in the lab notebook, we encourage you to discuss the answers with others but each person must write the answers in his or her own words. Similarly, in working homework problems, each person must work out the problems individually, but cooperative thinking and discussion are encouraged.