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> Working in groups.

Students hate carrying dead weight so to speak. Sure they might be tempted to swap favors (A helps B for a certain subject and the reverse is true for an other one). If the exam is properly constructed you might be able to detect plagiarism however.

Rote is absolutely necessary for a well rounded education, but I really feel the need to overcorrect in the opposite direction because testing for rote is the lazy approach. Over time a lot of testing has the tendency to shift to simply measuring rote.