Those of you who have been following my blog might be aware of the questioning quest that I have been undertaking for the past month. I sought to answer the question “How can we shift away from cheating culture?”. To answer this question, I surveyed educators in my Professional Learning Network from around the country, did some background research, and analyzed the data that I found in the context of my background research. I synthesized all of that information into a read-aloud professional development that is free and available for public use.
So, what’s the “tldr” for those who might not have time for a full PD? Students cheat- a lot. They cheat because they see others cheating and getting away with it (Rettinger and Kramer, 2009). They cheat because they feel pressure to perform well in school (Ramberg and Modim 2019). They cheat because their friend needs help on the homework, and hey, who doesn’t want to help a friend (Rettinger and Kramer, 2009)? But there is hope for fighting cheating- schools with honor codes, strong leadership, teacher collaboration, and dedication to an ethos of learning show lower rates of cheating (Ramberg and Modim 2019). This journey has left me with more questions than answers. What factors can we change in the classroom to reduce cheating? What do my students think about cheating? What is the best way to help teachers embrace technology instead of fearing its use in cheating? To what degree do innovative teaching methods like Project-Based Learning lead to less cheating? I intend to continue to learn into the discomfort of not knowing, as it is from that place of discomfort that we often find our most innovative solutions (Berger, 2016).
References
Berger, W. (2016). A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas (Reprint ed.). Bloomsbury USA.
Ramberg, J., & Modin, B. (2019). School effectiveness and student cheating: Do students’ grades and moral standards matter for this relationship? Social Psychology of Education, 22(3), 517–538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-019-09486-6 Rettinger, D. A., & Kramer, Y. (2009). Situational and Personal Causes of Student Cheating. Research in Higher Education, 50(3), 293–313. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-008-9116-5 Russell, D. (2020, July 26). Questions [Images]. Google Jamboard. https://jamboard.google.com/d/1l0yZihk7_ismUTpzzsBukcXijSqm6oNP6mYJ8KFE9os/edit?usp=sharing Russell, D. (2020). How Can We Shift Away From Cheating Culture? [Unpublished manuscript]. Michigan State University. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AbbJ3Hbt9Ds7-hbLBvv7D_gM9RUvuH3no3N9mW-bQr8/edit?usp=sharing
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