Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Cheating Last week, I was giving a unit test. The day before the test, a male student of mine who sits in the back of the classroom wrote some answers on his desk. I found the written test answers at the end of the school day. I know it was this student because he is in my last class of the day in that seat and I know for sure it is his handwriting. While the student intended to cheat, he never was able to cheat on the test since I wiped off his desk. How would you handle this situation? Should intention to cheat be treated the same as actual cheating? Seems like a technicality but I would like some good professional opinions on how others would deal with this matter. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) To be fair and balanced, you really need to have a conversation with each student that has sat in that desk that day and better yet, each class. Advise them all of the seriousness of cheating and if they were caught after the fact, rather than before, the consequences such as a 0 and a referral. For the students that sat in that desk, you may want to assign them a desk at the front of the classroom for test-taking.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Changing his seat could be very helpful especially if the cheating continues. Rated On: October 19, 2020 2:10 am Rated By: peXehu