Teaching Tip: Strategies to stop cheating

February 18, 2014

Cornerstone

How many teachers have thought “If that student would put as much effort into studying or completing assignments as he does finding ways to cheat, he wouldn’t need to cheat.”? Students cheat for a variety of reasons, so being proactive when creating exams may yield better prevention strategies. The following tips are focused on online exams but could be applied to paper-based, face-to-face exams as well: http://elearning.uaf.edu/go/tt-cheating.

—Heidi Olson

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