Cheating in School

Paper Summary:

This paper provides a review of the relevant peer-reviewed and scholarly literature to identify current faculty and student perceptions of cheating behavior and any differences and similarities in how the behaviors are defined. The paper analyzes how perceptions of cheating have been affected by students' technology experience as well as the increased pressure to succeed academically.

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Review and Discussion
Conclusion

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"Today, Americans use the word "cheat" to describe a wide range of activities that all involve depriving another of some right or property through deceptive means. The severity of these behaviors ranges from the fairly benign to the most severe. For example, when people cheat their neighbors by buying inexpensively priced items at a garage sale they know to be valuable, they may end of celebrating their savvy purchase on "Antiques Road Show." When they cheat on their income taxes or their spouses, though, the outcomes can be expected to be negative and may even involve criminal prosecution. While definitions of cheating vary, it would seem reasonable to posit that most people possess a "little voice" that tells them when they are cheating. Because people are just people and subject to all of the frailties of the human condition, though, this "little voice" can be easily overcome through any number of rationalizations that justify such behaviors."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Barry, E. S. (2006). Can paraphrasing practice help students define plagiarism? College Student Journal, 40(2), 377.
• Black's law dictionary. (1990). St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company.
• Branch, A. (2001, August). Survey: As pressures increase, more high school students turn to cheating. Curriculum Administrator, 37(8), 10.
• Center for Academic Integrity. (1999, October). The fundamental values of academic integrity: A report from the Center for Academic Integrity in Some changes at p. 2.
• Cizek, G. J. (1999). Cheating on tests: How to do it, detect it, and prevent it. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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