One of my more unpleasant experiences with student dishonesty began when I had given a content test on Dickens’ Great Expectations.  It was always my practice either not to count the test or give a makeup assignment if an absentee had a legitimate reason for missing a test.  One such student told me that he had had a ...

Just as Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, in her seminal work, On Death and Dying, identified 5 stages of grief that dying people experience (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance), I found that there were corresponding levels experienced by those caught in plagiarism:   Denial – the student initially responded with wide-eyed innocence, ...

I read an article in the paper recently about the state of cheating in schools today.  The worst for dishonest practices apparently are business students; a survey showed that 74% indulged in dishonest academic behaviour, followed closely by engineering students.  A myriad of devices are now available for high tech cheating, including ...