Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id iAU0otF02767; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:50:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:50:55 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <000001c4d676$2843e640$6601a8c0@Karols> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Karol Harsanyi" <karol@elkhart.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:1203] RE: Cheating?? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1596 Lines: 47 I have been teaching in adult ed. For about 20 years. In all this time I have had 1 woman cheat. She copied the TABE test scores off of her sister-in-law because she was embarrassed about her low reading level. I discovered the cheating when I tried to find materials to suit her. Now there may have been more that I never discovered, but I don't think so. Karol Harsanyi- -----Original Message----- From: nifl-fobasics@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-fobasics@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of PHCSJean.2164047@bloglines.com Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:1195] Cheating?? Hi colleagues. I was reading an article this afternoon about negative coping habits of ABE readers and was stunned to see that the first issue mentioned was cheating. I've never seen that in adult programs I've worked with and wonder if I've been living in a cave. This particular program is a mandatory program, so I suspect that has something to do with the problem. The author wrote about students cheating on the TABE to escalate their evaluation scores for placement, copying from other student's papers and a couple of others that I see as plausible coping mechanisms of low-literacy readers. But cheating? I wanted to throw that out to the list and see if you have found that to be an issue in your programs. The citation is Stanfel, J.E., Strategies to overcome negative reading habits of ABE participants: A case study. Adult Basic Education. 6:3 p165, 16p Fall 1996 Thoughts? Jean Marrapodi Providence Assembly of God Learning Center Providence, RI
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