Cheating Students
We, as instructors, know the pressure for students to cheat; it is a big problem. There were a lot a great strategies prsented in the module, but for me, three things have seemed to have worked well. 1) Talk about it during the first day discussions, 2) arrange the testing room to reduce the chance of this occurring, and the best defense 3) proctor all tests - walk the room and be pesent.
I agree Carmen. My students are nervous enough about taking exams and me walking around hovering around them will only make them more nervous. What I have noticed working well with students is using multiple versions of exams, giving each student in a row or group a different version so people sitting around one another will have different tests and thus cannot cheat off each other. I also do not allow cell phones out, and enforce this by having them put in their bags and having the bags in a central location in the classroom, away from the students.
Hi Carmen,
I agree! If they are watching where you are, this is a red flag that they may be trying to do something dishonest.
Patricia Scales
When walking around the room I feel my students get distracted, so I normally plant myself in one location and if thy are looking around to see where I am, that's my clue.
