Copying+&+Cheating

=How do we prevent this? What are some consequences?=

__**Copying**__
As I my passed out the post-assessment to my pre-integrated math class at Ingraham High School, I said, "Please do not copy answers. This is based on effort, so you don't have to copy." After saying this, one of the teachers in the class came up to me and whispered, "You know, because it's OKAY to copy the other stuff we do in here," then chuckled and walked away.

Students copy because:
 * They don't know how to do it.
 * They don't care about the material.
 * They just care about getting the points.
 * They may feel overwhelmed by all of the work they have missed and see it as the only way to pass the class.

How to deal with copying:
 * Make tests and quizzes worth more.
 * Don't exert a lot of energy punishing the students you catch doing it in class, think about all of them who are doing it out of class.
 * Use Jake Jarvis' Mini Celebrations of Knowledge.
 * Connect the material to their lives and their futures.
 * Build relationships. Give one student your undivided attention for two minutes a day, for ten consecutive days.
 * Conference with them, tell them what happens when an individual cheats at the college level.
 * Get feedback from them, change your instruction, switch it up.
 * Bridge the gap between high school and the real-world.
 * Ask them about their goals and dreams and connect your content to them.
 * Show them that your care and want to help them.
 * Address the copying as the issue, not the individual.

__**Cheating**__
Meet Paige.



She's nice. She's sweet. But did you know she was a hardcore cheater in high school?! Well, she was. How Paige would cheat on tests:
 * 1) Write stuff down on her big white Staedtler eraser.
 * 2) Write stuff between her fingers.
 * 3) Write stuff on the soles of her shoes.
 * 4) Record stuff on a cassette tape and listen to it during the test, but pretend to be listening to classical music.
 * 5) Erase answers on returned tests, write the correct answer, turn it back in telling the teacher he made a mistake.
 * 6) Store answers in her TI-83 calculator.
 * 7) Tape answers to her TI-83 calculator lid.
 * 8) Straight up used note cards filled with info when the teacher wasn't looking.
 * 9) Copy the people who sat close to her.
 * 10) Hide notes in the bathroom before class, then ask to use the bathroom during the test.
 * 11) She would have made excellent cheating-usage out of a cell phone, if she had one back in the day.

Why Paige cheated:
 * 1) Saw no purpose in school, no rationale.
 * 2) Preoccupied with her social life.
 * 3) Worked after school, never made time to study.
 * 4) Rebelled against parents.
 * 5) She thought she knew everything she needed to know.
 * 6) She saw no connection between high school and the real-world.
 * 7) She didn't see herself going to college.
 * 8) Choosing not to know the material meant she would never be vulnerable to being thought of as stupid.

Consequences or "Next Steps":
 * No credit on the test/quiz/project, but give them the chance to redeem themselves.
 * Conference with them, let them tell you what they know. Give them chances to go back, study, then come back to tell you. Give them hope.
 * Give them other ways to show evidence of their learning (art, written, verbal, performance, etc.).
 * Dropping the lowest test grade.
 * Remember that fair does not mean equal.
 * Call them at home and talk to them about their actions. Talk to them before you talk to their parents/guardians and tell them if this happens again, you will have to go straight to their parents/guardians.
 * Bring in people they look up to to talk about cheating.
 * Call the parents/guardians and get their help.
 * Talk to administration.
 * Visit Megan's Plagiarism wiki page for more actions you can take.

Connections to __Fires in the Bathroom__:
 * Build genuine relationships.
 * Connect what they are learning to their lives.
 * Put yourself in their shoes - remember your middle/high school experience.

=**The main point, from a former cheater's perspective, is to not give up on them and let them know that you care about them. If they give you the cold shoulder, keep trying. If they still give you the cold shoulder, try harder. Keep doing this until you break their shell. DO NOT GIVE UP ON THEM. LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS HOPE. LET THEM KNOW YOU WILL HELP THEM. BE PERSISTENT. **=

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