Timeline for Good idea to warn students they were suspected of cheating?
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| Dec 11, 2020 at 23:04 | comment | added | Don Branson | I was accused of cheating in high school when I hadn't. I didn't like it, still remember it. But, I also realized that he thought I was cheating. He was just wrong, that's all. He was one of the best teachers I've ever had, and I still have tremendous respect for him 40 years later. Nevertheless, I like this answer for the middle paragraph. | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 22:30 | comment | added | The Photon | I can say I was falsely accused of cheating because I and another student made the same wrong guess about something that hadn't been taught yet (basically, the difference between a harmonic and an overtone), and I still hold a grudge against that TA 25 years later. | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 14:39 | comment | added | Buffy | @DanielHatton, yes, I agree. But that is really just a proper lesson on good academic practice. But that is also a lesson for the entire class, I think. | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 14:30 | comment | added | user128581 | I can think of one exception to this: the case where it superficially appears that a student has plagiarized a published source, but on closer inspection, it turns out s/he has given proper attribution in some subtle way. I think it's fair play to warn that student "I suggest you make your citations more obvious in future, in case you find yourself falsely suspected of plagiarism." | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 10:57 | comment | added | Laurent S. | I think announcement to the whole class is also profitable towards the people who might have actually cheated without even being suspected. If I was to cheat, and to learn people have been caught cheating, and that others have been suspected and I'm none of them, I probably would feel even more confident. While knowing I might be among the ones being suspected, I might be hesitating next time... | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 8:59 | comment | added | Kevin | It should also be emphasized that many undergraduate students are under a lot of pressure, especially in their first year, as many of them are experiencing independent life for the first time. Many of them have literally never struggled in school before and have no idea what "studying" is or why you would want to do it. The last thing they need is a thinly-veiled "I think you cheated but I can't prove it" email from the professor (assuming innocence, of course). Obviously, those same students will also have no answer if you demand to see their studying process. | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 6:28 | comment | added | Nelson | And math, being what it is, is hard to say whether the correct answer is due to cheating. However, if they got an answer wrong the same way, then that is more likely (still not proof, but extremely suspicious). | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 21:47 | comment | added | paul garrett | Strongly seconding @J.Hirsch's comment... Things/suspicions that are voiced cannot be unsaid. | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 21:35 | comment | added | J.Hirsch | @FedericoPoloni if a professor told me that I was suspected of cheating, and I did not, I would be incredibly outraged and pissed. I know for a fact I would be distracted in the course, and constantly worried whatever I did next would be under a microscope (which would be true if I was suspected, but I would be unaware of it). And it would be impossible to look at that professor with hope for any sort of academic relationship. Perhaps in years worth of time, but certainly not in a college span. Others may be more forgiving, but sometimes your reputation is all you have and that stain is deep. | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 19:47 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | What do you mean with "not to prejudice the students in the future"? | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 19:02 | history | answered | Buffy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |