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Case: Unethical Assessment Behavior
Mr. Womack teaches at on-level U.S. History course to juniors. After giving an assessment on the Progressive Era, where he saw substantial student growth, a student stayed after class to tell him that their was a lot of cheating going on during the exam. Mr. Womack was very upset about this going on because he felt that he watching the students very closely. He wants to punish the class with a harder assessment since the cheating occurred. He has though about giving a free response test, but realizes he lack of time to make the new assessment and grade each written response. He is not sure where he should go from here.
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
The difficulty of the test has nothing to do with cheating. Also, punishing the whole class for the actions of a few is unfair to those who did not cheat. There are several strategies Mt. Womack can use to ensure that rampant cheating is not a problem. Desk placement can help discourage students from cheating off their peers. Preferential seating for students the teacher suspects will cheat will also discourage those behaviors. Mr. Womack should also move around the room and monitor students to make sure they are not cheating. Finally, it sounds like a good idea for him to refresh the students on the school's academic code. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: Changing the seating arrangement is a good idea. I also think a refresher on the academic code is well needed along with the consequences for cheating. I would do this in this situation. |
| Rated On: October 17, 2014 8:50 pm |
| Rated By: Holly Ebbert |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| Comments: Refreshing the school academic cheating policy is always important and desk placement would make cheating harder then most students are willing to put forth to make a good grade. |
| Rated On: October 17, 2014 11:46 pm |
| Rated By: qyDyXu |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: I agree with all of your suggestions, and that changing the difficulty of the test is not the answer. |
| Rated On: October 18, 2014 6:35 pm |
| Rated By: Amy McBride |
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