Reducing Cheating
I have found standing in the back of the class, and/or walking throughout the class throughout the quiz/test time has put a "watch" in the class. I have also distributed 3 versions of the test/quiz as they sit two at a table it adds a third variable to the test.
I am provided with different versions of the test. I enforce the cell-phone policy; if a student is caught looking at a cell phone during a teat, he or she receives a zero for that test. I stand where I can view the entire class during a test. Nothing is 100% to prevent cheating but these actions prevent most of it.
Hi Anne-Marie,
I also like the idea of different versions of tests. I actually have little problem with cheating. I let students use note cards because I teach math based or analytical classes such as accounting. I don't want them to memorize equations but apply what they learn.
Cheri Elkin
Cell Phones are a huge cheating facilitator. Frequently students claim to be using them as "calculators", when in fact they are texting one another or using the internet to find answers. I have prohibited them in my classroom, demanding them to be turned off at the beginning of every class.
Anne-Marie
I have also found that standing in the back of the class has been very effective in reducing the number of students cheating. It works most effectively with students you do suspect that are cheating, they don't where you are or what you are watching.
All cell phones are off and on a table in the back of the room. also, walking around in the room and making yourself be known will greatly reduce any cheating.
