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 iB2FLSF22616; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:21:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:21:29 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1102000709.1514624649.15594.sendItem@bloglines.com> 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: PHCSJean.2164047@bloglines.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:1205] Re: Cheating?? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain Status: O Content-Length: 1527 Lines: 43 I would tend to agree with Tom that cheating comes from the pressure within the system and is a coping mechanism. I wonder if our students have been so unsuccessful in the other classes in their lives that this was a way to "make it". It seems to me though, in most ABE classes, that pressure is off, which was why I posed that original question. From what I'm hearing from you on the list it isn't terribly common, but seems to occur in "required" programs rather than those where the learners are self-motivated. Great discussion! Jean Marrapodi --- nifl-fobasics@nifl.gov wrote: I believe that cheating is more a symptom of a flawed educational system > than it is a defect in the integrity of a student. Students cheat because we > overemphasize success and failure. If we could devalue the extrinsic rewards > of education and instead let students discover their own intrinsic rewards, > cheating would disappear. That is the end to which I devote a large part of > my effort. In the rare circumstance in which I find academic dishonesty, I > have to look at how my school has placed its values and the messages we have > sent the student in order to fix the problem. Michele Craig suggested that > as pressure on students increases, so too does cheating. This is very > true... of both students AND teachers. I can remember reading about high > school principals who were caught doctoring the standardized test scores for > their schools. The solution, of course, is to remove the pressure. > Tom > >
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