If you give pedagogical answers to pedagogical questions, the matter of ethics does not come up.
Afterall, if the instructor made the exam open-web she expected the students to seek help, and by showing the student how to proceed rather than giving a finished answer you aid their learning rather than enabling them to avoid it.
manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago
I know that there are a lot of homework questions here, but do you think it's possible that SO enables people to get help with exams? Many computer science exams are open-web.
Is this something that the community feels is okay? After all, in the real world, you'll have access to tools like SO, anyhow.
Is it worth trying to discourage behaviour like this, or do we just not worry about it?