1. ACADEMIC HONESTY
Role of Teachers
14th March, 2016
Zakir Hossain

2. Snapshot Academic Honesty Academic Dishonesty
Why do students cheat/ become dishonest?
Signs of Plagiarism
Strategies for cheating prevention
Special Group Work
Don’t do these things - Expert Advice 3

3. Honesty Trust Fairness Respect Courage Responsibility
Academic Honesty?
Academic honesty is a ‘code of conduct’ that consists of six values-
Honesty
Trust
Fairness
Respect
Courage
Responsibility
©International Centre for Academic Integrity
Being an educator it’s our responsibility to build these qualities to students. 3

4. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:
Plagiarism in Papers & Assignments
Unauthorized Communication during Assessments
Misrepresenting Academic Accomplishments
Collusion
Hoarding or Damaging Library Materials
Forging a Signature 3

5. Why do students cheat/ become dishonest?
• Pressure to earn a higher GRADE
• Competition for graduate schools & jobs
• Culture of cut-up (file sharing, Google research, cut and paste creativity)
• Course content not important
• “I’m busy,” “The course is hard,” “I’m falling behind” are not as important!
Thomas, David (2005). Encouraging Academic Honesty Toolkit 3

6. Signs of Cheating/Plagiarism
Some possible signs of cheating include:
• Odd or mixed formatting/Language
• Lack of bibliography
• In-text & Bibliographic citations variation
• Significant difference in quality between assignments
• Lack of information from course—facts, sources, concepts, etc.
• Paper submitted in HTML format
1. (could be indicative of cut and paste)
Thomas, David (2005). Encouraging Academic Honesty Toolkit 3

7. Strategies for cheating/plagiarism prevention
1. Reducing Pressures that Encourage Cheating
2. Assuring Fairness & Integrity of an Examination
3. Making Syllabus Clear
4. Link Assignment Grading
5. Teach to Cite & Model Citation
6. Advertise Detection Resources & Case History
There are a number of key things that you can do to make your tests more resistant to cheating. For example:
Who was the first president of the U.S? Ask: Why is George Washington important?
4. Use Citation Assignments 3

8. Special Circumstances @ Group Work
Clarity
Individual or group works? What will evaluate product or process or both? Graded for team work or for outcome?
Structure
Configure the assignment so that each student has a particular role to play and product to create
Observation
If possible
Self-assessment
Ask group members fill out a form of their individual contribution
Follow-up assessment
Quiz students 3

9. Don’t do these things Only one version of a test
Use the same version of the test across semesters
Provide different due dates for students
Different review dates for test answers
Use assessments that focuses on facts
Have closed book tests 3

10. References
Josephson, Michael and Melissa Mertz (2004). Changing Cheaters: Promoting Integrity and Preventing Academic Dishonesty, Josephson Institute of Ethics. CHARACTER COUNTS! Retrieved from
Thomas, David (2005). Encouraging Academic Honesty Toolkit. Retrieved from

11. Q & A
Thank You

12. 1. Reducing Pressures that Encourage Cheating
Ensure your expectations are reasonable
Establish clear grading criteria (consider rubrics)
Do not change grading criteria once the assignments/tests are turned in
Make sure it is explicitly clear what students will be tested on
Base the course grade on multiple assessments
Make sure students have reasonably enough time to complete the assignment
Accept valid excuses for late assignments and absences
Do not by any means let cheating become an accepted norm
©Donelson R. Forsyth of Virginia Commonwealth University (2002). 3

13. 2. Assuring Fairness & Integrity of an Examination
Before a test
Day of a test
Access to Information
Room set-up
Access to Old/New Exams
Seat assignments
Alternate Versions
Prohibit all extraneous items
Open-ended Questions
Hand Check & Desk Check
Modify Former Questions
Acknowledgment
Open book test
Clear marks when grading
Josephson, Michael and Melissa Mertz (2004). 3

14. 3. Making Syllabus Clear
Be sure your syllabus answer the following questions:
• Why does academic honesty matter?
• What is cheating?
• What is plagiarism?
• What are the expectations of the School?
• What are the expectations for this class?
• What are the consequences?
• What will you do in this class to detect cheating?
Thomas, David (2005). Encouraging Academic Honesty Toolkit 3