Day November 19, 2024

Good Course Design Is the Best Defense Against Cheating

A student typing on a laptop with an angle of learning mastery on the right shoulder, and the devil of performance on the left shoulder.
While the prevalence of academic misconduct is debatable and uncertain, its existence is not. Courses can be designed proactively to reduce cheating, plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct. This teaching tip was motivated by a reading of James Lang's Cheating Lessons, and offers highlights from that book as well as advice from relevant peer-reviewed research.