Cheating Lessons: Learning From Academic Dishonesty
James Lang
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Summary:
The book does a good job at breaking down just about everything there is to know about cheating in education. The author investigates who is cheating and why they are cheating. He does a great job at also looking down other avenues to find answers as to why there is a culture of cheating in today's academic world. James Lang doesn't only talk about cheating in today's world, he also begins with the history of cheating and ends with the future of academic dishonesty. Lang talks about how this culture of cheating can be stopped, and if not stopped, at least slowed down. He discusses methods for how to approach students in a way to prevent cheating form happening.
Authors:
James Lang has been discussing topics in Education for what seems to be his whole career. He has wrote three books on topics in education and has a monthly column on teaching and learning in The Chronicle for Higher Education. He also lectures and gives public talks about education and cheating around the country.
Key Terms:
Self Efficacy: How much a student believes he understands the material. This also relates to the confidence a student has in his/her ability to get a good grade in a class.
Meta Cognition: A persons awareness of his or her own level of knowledge and thought processes
Quotes:
"But it can create a significant problem for college students, in that poorly gauged overconfidence in their knowledge of course material can lead them to understudy- and hence might be as likely to induce cheating as a lack of confidence in their abilities" (129)
"teachers admitted to placing lower performing students next to high achievers so they could cheat more easily, pointing to correct answers while students were taking tests, and reading aloud answers during testing" (29)
"By marked contrast, in the case of both the Chinese civil service exams and the Atlanta teachers, the motivation was purely an extrinsic one; a strong performance on the exam brings either an extrinsic reward, or the removal of an extrinsic threat." (31)
Value:
This book is of great value to my paper. Lang details parts of my argument in length and also brought a great point that can add to my argument. The case of the Atlanta teachers who cheated on the state tests for their students for their own job security is a great example and link to the cheating culture described in another book that Im using for this paper. This book should be a pivotal part of my paper.
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