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How do I know if they're cheating? Teacher strategies in an information age
Author(s) -
Williams Sadie
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the curriculum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1469-3704
pISSN - 0958-5176
DOI - 10.1080/09585170122039
Subject(s) - coursework , honesty , cheating , openness to experience , syllabus , work (physics) , psychology , face (sociological concept) , medical education , academic dishonesty , pedagogy , engineering ethics , mathematics education , sociology , social psychology , engineering , medicine , social science , mechanical engineering
While potential dishonesty among students has always been a problem at all educational levels, current trends have introduced two new elements into the situation: the growing use of assessed coursework for externally examined syllabuses, and the widespread development of information technologies. These two factors taken together have led to increased doubts about the authenticity of students' work. This article reports on research into secondary school teachers' methods of assuring verification and finds four main strategies (‘CORD’) being utilized: the development of a culture of honesty, continual observation of student work, ongoing review of intermediate drafts and face‐to‐face discussion about the work. However, not all teachers have successfully developed new strategies of assessment and it is concluded from the results of this research that there is a real need for further discussion of methods and for more openness about the issues involved.