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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.

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How many teachers have thought “If that student would put as much effort into studying or completing assignments as he does finding ways to cheat, he wouldn’t need to cheat!' But there are a variety of reasons why students cheat in the first place, so being proactive in your exam creation efforts may be better focused in prevention strategies.