Questions tagged [cheating]
Pertaining to preventing, punishing, or handling the consequences of academic dishonesty in coursework or examinations. Also, defining what constitutes academic dishonesty. (For questions on dishonesty in the research and/or research publication process, use 'research-misconduct' instead.)
334
questions
95
votes
15
answers
27k
views
What is the justification for the typical punishment of a student who did not cheat but helped others cheat?
Imagine this scenario: you're in an exam. Somebody asks for your help to answer a question. You help them (whisper the answer, slip them a note, whatever). You get caught. You get punished.
That's ...
- 765
-5
votes
2
answers
628
views
I helped friend on exam by writing answers in large font size, and didn't erase it properly. Will I get into trouble?
The answer contained 4 words, I wrote them in a large font size.
I erased them at the last minute, but it's still visible if you see it closely. Can lecturer accuse me of cheating in this case?
- 17
6
votes
1
answer
755
views
Any chance of math grad school?
In my freshman year of undergrad I was a chemistry major. However, I hated it and because I hated it I did not do well in my chemistry classes. Because of this, I cheated on a midterm as well as a ...
- 129
3
votes
2
answers
595
views
Cheating during a test
I took a test today morning and I saw that the person sitting next to me used her phone repeatedly, I believe it was to check the power point slides for answers. The fact that this student also asked ...
- 809
6
votes
1
answer
251
views
How does the testing method and possibility of cheating in an entirely online degree affect the value of the degree?
Although my question can't be answered absolutely, I'll try to state it in a way that's as close as possible.
I'm considering earning an entirely online Software Engineering bachelors degree from a ...
- 193
18
votes
4
answers
2k
views
What is the rationale behind requiring a meeting before filing academic misconduct charges?
Some universities have a rule that, for example, "if it appears that a student in your class may be guilty of academic misconduct, you must promptly ask the student to meet with you informally to ...
- 38.9k
50
votes
13
answers
15k
views
What can I do about undergraduate students cheating?
So I lecture at a university on the department of mathematics and statistics, and this year I am teaching calculus for future mathematicians. One good thing about the mathematics course is that very ...
- 921
109
votes
16
answers
58k
views
Student caught cheating when leaving class after handing me the exam
Usually I am quite clear that cheating and plagiarism are unacceptable. Although every semester I have to deal with several cases of plagiarism, I had not expected students to brazenly cheat in exams. ...
user12512
-1
votes
1
answer
966
views
Cheating on Homework Assignment [closed]
So I messed up really bad and cheated on a homework assignment. I got a negative one for that assignment. I'm in my first year of undergraduate school in the US, second semester. I am so upset with ...
12
votes
4
answers
4k
views
What to do if a student claims to have turned in the homework but I could not find it?
I am teaching a course in a college and assignment homework on a regular basis. Usually I collect all homework in the class and later my student secretary grades all the homework and return them to ...
- 3,265
3
votes
2
answers
1k
views
What would happen if I took my professor's accusation of cheating to court? [closed]
I was caught cheating during an university exam. The professor promptly failed me for the class. If I decided to take this issue to court, claiming that the professor has no evidence of my cheating, ...
- 47
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
Do you agree that cheating on exams provides an unfair advantage? Do you think it is “okay” to tell on your peers? [closed]
This is inspired by another persons question regarding weather or not it is okay to tell on your peers for cheating during exams.
Since I am new to the site, I am having difficulty responding to the ...
- 27
10
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Most common ways of cheating on exams?
I've been thinking how I proctor and design exams, and I suspect (from things I hear) that there is much more cheating than I find evidence of. What are the most common ways university students cheat,...
- 31.9k
6
votes
1
answer
878
views
Is looking up the source of tests and using those to practice considered cheating?
The question (Is studying past exams I found online cheating?) was sort of relevant but did not answer my question, so please do not mark this question as a duplicate:
Onto my dilemma:
I recently ...
user77504
6
votes
3
answers
595
views
Is it ethical to do paid literature searches of research journals for other students?
Is it unethical to research journals for other students?
For example, a student is researching gifted students and their subsequent ACT/SAT scores. Then:
Would it be unethical for me to research ...
- 69
37
votes
7
answers
19k
views
Best practices when allowing exam cheat sheets
Context: I am an assistant professor of mathematics at a small liberal-arts college in the US.
I am currently teaching an applied mathematics course for about thirty students with business-related ...
- 3,867
42
votes
8
answers
11k
views
Is it okay to typeset someone’s to-be-graded assignment for them?
I have a friend who’s an undergraduate at university. I believe myself to be fairly proficient in TeX/LaTeX; I’ve seen some of the assignments that he’s received back, and we both agree they could ...
- 1,005
49
votes
8
answers
27k
views
Cheated on an exam when I was eight years old. Should I tell graduate admissions?
I cheated at a language exam when I was eight years old. I finished early and noticed that I had accidentally left a dictionary in my drawer. I double-checked my answers and promptly got caught.
The ...
- 117k
116
votes
11
answers
32k
views
Fellow student asked question from take-home exam on Stack Exchange
In an advanced university course on computer science and problem solving, one of my fellow students asked for a solution to a home exam on one of the Stack Exchange sites. The question he asked is ...
- 1,101
53
votes
8
answers
19k
views
Dealing with aggressive student suspected to be cheating
In a previous test one of my TAs discovered a fraudulent pattern in six of the exams. The answers were uncomfortably similar, actually identical in many places. I called the students to my office and ...
user85612
0
votes
2
answers
511
views
Reporting a student who cheats
Firstly, I do not believe this to be a duplicate of the related recently posted question due to the key fact that that user was anonymous to his class and I am not.
This has happened 3 times now. ...
- 514
106
votes
21
answers
37k
views
How to prevent students from using modified calculators to cheat on exams?
Recently my faculty (mathematics and statistics) and I have been dealing with widespread cheating due to calculators that have been modified so as to have more functionality than is permitted.
At my ...
- 921
2
votes
2
answers
486
views
Advice for interacting with students reported for cheating on their midterms
We (professors + TAs) are reporting a few students for cheating on their midterms to the head of undergraduate studies. We had been monitoring their activities pretty closely, since we noticed they ...
- 21
5
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Can my master thesis be a part of doctoral dissertation of the Ph.D student I worked with?
I had been working on a project for my masters thesis under a doctoral student, which is eligible for a paper publication. But after finishing more than half of the project, my supervisor suddenly ...
user82874
109
votes
24
answers
41k
views
How can I prevent students from writing answers on an assignment, then claiming I didn't see their answer?
What is a good way to prevent students from writing an answer after you hand back a graded assignment (exam/homework) and claiming that you did not see their answer?
It is clear to me that this ...
- 1,785
17
votes
4
answers
10k
views
Handling "contraband" tattoos in closed-book exams [closed]
I'm wondering how a proctor of a closed-book exam should approach the case where a student has a tattoo that would double as a cheat sheet. Maybe they think the math looks cool, or they got a nice ...
- 662
20
votes
4
answers
9k
views
When is it acceptable to report classmates who cheat on an exam? [duplicate]
So for one of my computer science classes, we have a WhatsApp chat among all students in the class to network and help each other out with questions regarding homework, or if we have any confusion on ...
- 301
3
votes
7
answers
1k
views
Should I scold the act of cheating before an exam?
Usually when I'm applying an exam on my students, right before giving them the questions sheet, I tell them not to cheat. I usually warn them that I will not be inspecting their every move, but I will ...
- 856
7
votes
2
answers
11k
views
Is it cheating to give someone my old exam revision notes?
Last year I completed an exam at University and a friend is doing the same exam/class this year.
Would it be cheating if I gave her my revision notes of the semester (written before I did the exam)? ...
111
votes
14
answers
71k
views
Only one student answered an exam question - and I strongly suspect he cheated
Today we (professors + teaching assistants) proctored a midterm exam for a class of about 80 students. There was undoubtedly a "hardest" question on the exam, since nearly the entire classroom of ...
- 1,049
8
votes
2
answers
4k
views
How do I clear my name when wrongfully accused of cheating? [closed]
I'm pursing an online engineering degree at ASU. In a introduction circuit class, I have a flimsy idea of what I'm doing and little time (each class is only 7 weeks long) to try to figure it out, so ...
- 89
5
votes
1
answer
3k
views
Can instructors fail honest students when tests are too hard because most students are cheating? [duplicate]
I am in Nursing school. I can prove that 80-90% of students have cheated every semester. They pass test banks around in email, text or Instant Messenger. Every semester I've come forward (5 ...
27
votes
6
answers
12k
views
How to handle an obsession about being 100% academically honest
I’m an undergraduate student, and I find that multiple times (each week), I have an obsessive need to make sure something I’m doing is allowed/accepted. I do this by asking the TA/Professor for my ...
user80249
4
votes
1
answer
3k
views
If a student is dismissed, is (or how is) that indicated on their transcript?
As faculty, I've had to report academic misconduct (usually plagiarism) many times but that doesn't mean I know everything about how it works. My understanding has always been that the only people ...
- 30.8k
0
votes
1
answer
710
views
Suspected a person had an affair with the professor
I was a TA for a summer course, and a student in the class somehow managed to get nearly perfect score on all the assignments/midterms/final exam.
I am suspecting that the person had an affair with ...
- 181
14
votes
4
answers
1k
views
Can departments sanction students who do not take sufficient precautions to protect their work?
One of my colleagues was teaching an introductory programming course this past spring. He discovered several students cheating by taking code from a public GitHub repository, which contained all the ...
- 741
2
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Fear of Cheating [closed]
I have a weird problem. In one of my classes, I have a relatively good grade. However, for some reason, I feel as if I don't deserve this grade. I have this strange feeling that I "cheated" in the ...
- 613
10
votes
2
answers
622
views
Is it cheating on lab report homework if a peer points out calculation error that you then fix before submission?
I am in a science class in which we have to write lab reports. Lab reports count for a significant part of our grade. I was working on my lab report but before I got to check over my calculations, a ...
- 613
91
votes
4
answers
12k
views
How to react when a team of colleagues obviously made up some results?
In a recent paper, a team of colleagues published results that are clearly made up. I am 100 % sure of that because my position at the university involves the management of the animals they used in ...
- 883
13
votes
4
answers
7k
views
Is it reasonable to report another student for cheating when it has no impact on me?
I currently am studying on an Undergraduate Maths course, in my third year. At my university there are various modules from which students can pick to make up the required number of credits for the ...
- 380
3
votes
1
answer
4k
views
Falsely accused of providing project code to others in a class
I am an undergraduate student studying computer science. A student that I know told me tonight that in a class she is taking this semester, she was reported by the autograder that code she and her ...
- 31
-1
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Is it okay for me to violate my school's honor policy by ghostwriting others' papers for money? [closed]
I've been asked to write a paper for someone else at my school and it has made me question whether I'd be doing a horrible thing by agreeing. I have done it and accepted pay before now. My papers are ...
- 55
6
votes
3
answers
6k
views
Why don't first-world universities use video surveillance to catch in-class cheating?
With so many first-world universities upgrading their academic buildings with state-of-the-art classrooms that have advanced technology, eg, capability to record lectures and post them on websites ...
- 1
-5
votes
4
answers
2k
views
Caught cheating [closed]
I'm 2 weeks away from being done with my program. A classmate & myself got caught looking at the quiz answers while the teacher left the room, but all of our 10 other classmates were benefiting ...
- 1
50
votes
7
answers
11k
views
What are the ethical considerations when publishing a cheating technique?
Suppose I have devised a way to cheat at cards, exams or any other situation in which secret communication with other people or machines provides unfair advantage. The method is novel and uses ...
- 26.9k
-5
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Got Caught Telling My Friend Something Need Help! [closed]
Okay so I am a Computer Science student Today was our Programming Fundamentals paper basically I am very good in Programming so I finished my paper early and was so happy after leaving the exam class ...
0
votes
3
answers
915
views
Is it wrong to unintentionally withhold information?
I recently posted something related to this (If an assumption proves to be false, is the research then meaningless?), but it is still bothering me.
As I mentioned in that last post, I conducted my ...
- 613
-5
votes
1
answer
513
views
23
votes
7
answers
47k
views
Falsely accused of cheating in college [closed]
I finished up a final exam right before the holidays, it was 10 questions, fully mathematically explained questions, and just after the holidays, I got an email from my professor saying that I am ...
- 341
23
votes
5
answers
11k
views
Other students report that a student faked illness and asked classmates about the final exam before taking a makeup. Is it academic dishonesty?
I am an instructor at an American university. A student of mine, Student H, claimed that he was very sick and had to miss the final exam. Based on my trusting students in general, I allowed Student H ...
- 761