GREAT EXPECTATIONS:
Bridging the Gap Between
Instructor and Student
Expectations
Curators’ Teaching Summit
Nov. 12, 2014
Dr. Larry Gragg
Curators’ Teaching
Professor and chair, History
& Political Science
and
Dr. Jeff Cawlfield
Vice Provost for
Undergraduate Studies
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What was the culture of
academic honesty in students’
high schools?
• Cheating more common than at
S&T.
• Teachers encouraged a
collaborative learning atmosphere
which contributed significantly to
copying homework assignments
which is where most of the cheating
occurred.
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What is the Culture of
Academic Honesty at S&T?
Students have a divided view on this
question:
• “everyone cheats”; “people cheat
left and right”; “easily more than
75%”; “a very real issue”
• “most students try to avoid cheating
at all costs”; “students look down
on cheating”
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How Do Students Cheat at S&T?
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copy homework
use file systems in fraternities and
sororities
use of cell phones during tests
use cheat sheets or note cards in
laps and on the floor
look at another student’s exam
buy solutions manuals with their
texts
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Why Do Students Cheat at S&T?
• “stresses” in students’ lives and “time
constraints” because of heavy workload in
classes
• challenging courses (“It is almost common
knowledge what classes you have to cheat
in to get A’s.”)
• lazy students
• lazy professors
• tends to happen in classes not in a
student’s major
• inadequate academic support programs
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Academic Dishonesty
Cases, 2009-present*
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2009 -- 42
2010 -- 46
2011 -- 55
2012 – 71
2013 -- 47
2014 -- 40
*as reported to the VPUS office
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Types of Charges, 2014
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Assignment Misconduct—30%
Examination Misconduct—14%
Plagiarism—22%
Clicker Misconduct—10%
Other—8%
Data as of October 2014
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Wrap-up
• Surveys!
• Thank you for attending!
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