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Technology and Academic Integrity

Cheating Goes CyberISECON 2003

Therese DonGiovanni O’NeilIndiana University of Pennsylvania

Therese DonGiovanni O'Neil, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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THE PROBLEM

1992 Cheating was rampant among North American University students

1996 APA survey showed that 50% of undergraduates admitted having cheated more than once

1999. McCabe study: over 75% of students on most campuses admit to some cheating.


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HI-TECH CHEATING?

Has the Internet sparked a new dimension of cheating?

January, 2003: 12 students allegedly using their cell phones, dialed up all the right answers during fall exams (Maryland)

Two Columbia University undergrads were arrested for allegedly using high-tech transmitters and walkie-talkies to cheat on the GREs.(2002)


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Indiana University of Pennsylvania

2002-2003 School Year– In all of the Academic Integrity Level IV

hearings, the Graduate Students were most numerous in violating the Campus Academic Integrity Policy


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Is technology making it more convenient to cheat?

Another student asked for help from his buddy in the school library, using his Blackberry wireless e-mail device.

Another girl sold her lab assignment to the highest bidder on e-bay.


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There are many faces of Academic Integrity

(outlined in detail in the paper)

CheatingFabricationFacilitating Academic DishonestyMultiple submissionsPlagiarismCopyright ViolationComputer dishonesty


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Why do Students Cheat?

McCabe survey (2001)– 32% because of laziness/they didn’t study/not

prepared– 29% to pass and get good grades– 12% pressures to succeed– 9%, they just didn’t know the answers or

understand– 5%, time pressure, too much work, etc– 13% ‘other’


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Has the advances in technology added fuel to the problem?

Wireless technologyCell phonesEbayText messaging


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Online Plagiarism just a click away

Need a term paper? Just point your browser to: http://www.mightystudents.com http://www.essaymill.com http://www.essaysonfile.com http://www.termpapers-on-file.com/ http://www.collegetermpapers.com http://www.12000papers.com http://

www.academictermpapers.com http://www.geniuspapers.com http://www.researchpaper.com


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Anti-Plagiarism WebSites

Many websites fight plagiarism Turnitin.com

– Checks papers against public available websites and other electronic sources available to students. The service keeps student papers in order to enlarge its database of manuscripts, books and journals.

Copycatch.com, Eve2.com More sites listed in the paper


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PROFESSOR BEWARE

PlagiServe.com (since the writing of this paper, Plagiserve.com has been sold to

another company and is discontinued)

New site: MyDropBox.com

EduTie.com


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Helping?????

PlagiServe and EduTie

Appear to help check student papers for plagiarism, but have ties to websites that sell term papers to students.

Sites may be selling the very term papers they claim to check.


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STRATEGIES TO DETER PLAGIARISM

Assign narrow and specific research topicsDon’t allow last-minute changes of topicsRequire outlines, 3-4 weeks prior to the

deadline, and draftsGive written or oral pop quizzes Put your school’s academic integrity policy

in your syllabusClearly explain your expectations


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Encourage students to come to you if they are confused about citation practices

Be a good role model, cite sources in your lectures Talk about academic honesty Teach students what plagiarism is and how to avoid it Create meaningful assignments Create clear parameters Limit sources Hand out a model paper to emulate


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Honor Code

Students cheat less often at schools with an honor code and peer culture that condemns dishonesty.

Serious test cheating on campuses with honor codes is typically 1/3 to ½ lower than the level on campuses that do not have honor codes.


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Top Ten Ways You Know a Paper is Plagiarized

10 The student asks you for a good website that sells papers

9 Mixed citation styles – MLA mixed with APA

8 Lack of reference or quotations7 Off topic/on topic

– The student probably used cut and paste

6 Signs of datedness– Data table offers a company’s sales from 1989 to 1994.


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5 Anomalies of diction– Mixing Paragraphs of varying levels together

4 Anomalies of style– Mixture of British and American punctuation or spelling

3 Unusual formatting– Strange margins, skewed tables, lines broken in half.

2 Anachronisms– If the paper refers to long-past events as current

• “Why isn’t the Carter Administration taking action on this”?• “Only after the Gulf War is over will we see lower oil prices”


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The Number 1 Reason to suspect Plagiarism

1 Smoking Guns Labels left at the end of papers

– (true stories) “Thank you for using TermpaperMania.com Title pages stapled to Web Printouts, complete with

dates and URL in the corners Title pages claiming the paper is by Tom Jones when

subsequent pages say “Smith, page 2” Papers with whiteout over the previous author’s

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Ten Principles of Academic Integrity

1. Affirm the importance of Academic Integrity2. Foster a love of learning3. Treat students as ends in themselves4. Promote an environment of trust 5. Encourage responsibility6. Clarify expectations7. Develop fair and relevant forms of assessment8. Reduce opportunities to engage in academic dishonesty9. Challenge academic dishonesty when it occurs10. Help define and support campus-wide academic integrity

standards


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Conclusion

Today’s technology has increased the capability of students’ cheating platform.

There is no solution to the problem of cheating, whether online or not.

There are strategies that we as professors can follow to deter academic integrity.

“…knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” Samuel Johnson:


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