Cheating Lessons
Learning from Academic Dishonesty
1st Edition
Published on 10. September 2013
272 pages
978-0-674-72623-9 (ISBN)
Description
Cheating Lessons is a guide to tackling academic dishonesty at its roots. James Lang analyzes the features of course design and classroom practice that create cheating opportunities, and empowers teachers to build more effective learning environments. Instructors who curb academic dishonesty become better educators in other ways as well.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-674-72623-9 (9780674726239)
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Book
09/2013
Harvard University Press
€30.50
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Person
LangJames M.: James M. Lang is Associate Professor of English at Assumption College and former assistant director of the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University.
LangJames M.: James M. Lang is Associate Professor of English at Assumption College and former assistant director of the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University.
LangJames M.: James M. Lang is Associate Professor of English at Assumption College and former assistant director of the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part One - Building a Theory of Cheating
- 1. Who Cheats-and How Much?
- 2. Case Studies in (the Historyof) Cheating
- 3. "Fudging" Learning Environments
- Part Two - The (Nearly) Cheating-Free Classroom
- 4. Fostering Intrinsic Motivation
- 5. Learning for Mastery
- 6. Lowering Stakes
- 7. Instilling Self-Efficacy
- Part Three - Speaking about Cheating
- 8. Cheating on Campus
- 9. On Original Work
- 10. Responding to Cheating
- 11. Cheating in Your Classroom
- Conclusion: The Future of Cheating
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
