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Thursday. 1 assignment Information literacy learning objectives Behavior or product Condition-performance Criterion--assessment. 10:15 this morning. Information Literacy objectives Potential assignment Information resources. Fostering Student Learning and Academic Integrity.

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Thursday

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  1. Thursday • 1 assignment • Information literacy learning objectives • Behavior or product • Condition-performance • Criterion--assessment

  2. 10:15 this morning • Information Literacy objectives • Potential assignment • Information resources

  3. Fostering Student Learningand Academic Integrity

  4. Why do Students Cheat? “It seemed like a good idea at the time.”

  5. Why Students Plagiarize • Confusion about documentation • Panic “under the gun” • Temptation • Pressure to achieve • Lack of writing & research skills • Fear of appearing unscholarly U of Pennsylvania

  6. Why Students Cheat • Tasks are too difficult • They are not capable of doing the task • Capable, but not sufficiently organized • Capable, but want a better mark • Not prepared to devote the time needed • Put in the time, but feel they deserve better

  7. Why Students Cheat • Number of tasks is unreasonable • Everyone else is cheating • Cheating has become a habit • They do not agree that they are cheating • Resources required were not available Culwin

  8. Why Students Cheat • Do not want to do the work • Ignorance & misunderstanding • Provides them with more time • Fear of failure • Poor management & organization skills • Cultural differences • Education as a commodity, career focus

  9. Why Students Cheat • Higher education regarded as a game • A high score by any means is acceptable, as long as no one is hurt or caught • Grade is more important than the learning • Pressure to perform overrides other considerations U of Alberta

  10. What Encourages Dishonesty • Assignment is too general & too broad • Assignment is too narrow or restrictive • Instructions are unclear • Assignments do not engage students • We make assumptions & do not prepare students • Unnecessary restrictions on what resources they may use

  11. What Encourages Dishonesty • We do not suggest what types of information sources are available and what sources might be helpful • Assignment does not answer the question: • “What does this assignment have to do with anything?” • Evaluation criteria are unclear

  12. What Encourages Dishonesty • Assignment is a one shot deal--due end of semester • When we fail to challenge it

  13. Other Examples?

  14. How to Inhibit Plagiarism • Explain the nature of good scholarship • Educate students about documentation • Include the assignment’s process & product • Decrease the temptation • Inform students about support services • Develop students’ writing & research skills U of Pennsylvania

  15. How to Inhibit Plagiarism • Meaningful assignments • Students write a paragraph describing why they chose their specific topic • Require specific formatting guidelines • Require photocopies or annotations • Limit sources to last five years • Require specific sources or combinations U of Saskatchewan

  16. How to Inhibit Plagiarism • Use Narrow topics, rather than broad ones • Use series of steps, outlines, drafts and incorporation of feedback in final version • Peer review, with written comments, in class • Define the nature of the collaboration • Oral reports, with discussion of process • Require submission of electronic versions U of Saskatchewan

  17. Other Examples?

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