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ERIC Number: EJ773806
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 13
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-1725
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Cheating in Middle School and High School
Strom, Paris S.; Strom, Robert D.
Educational Forum, The, v71 n2 p104-116 Win 2007
There is increasing concern about cheating in the secondary schools. This article describes the prevalence of dishonesty in testing, motivation for student cheating, new forms of deception using technology tools, initiatives to protect security of tests, methods students use to obtain papers without crediting the original source, tools for detecting plagiarism, guidelines to minimize cheating, emergence of cyber laws defining offenses and penalties, and rationale for getting parents involved in supporting academic integrity and ethical behavior.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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