Reasons+for+Cheating


 * Common Reasons Student Cheat **

1. ** Don’t recognize it as cheating **“It’s not really cheating if I use my own words.”

2. ** Poor time management skills ** “I just didn’t have time to study.”

3. ** Competition ** “I can’t afford to get a bad grade or I won’t be able to …”

4. ** Fear of disappointing authority figures ** “My parents will be so upset with me.”

5**. Anxiety ** “It’s not like I didn’t learn it, I just can’t do tests.”

6. ** Laziness ** “Everybody does it anyway. Why work harder than you have too?”    *It’s impossible to eliminate cheating all together. However, there are things that educators and parents can do to decrease the extent to which it’s occurring. Keep in mind: 

Students must be made aware of the consequences of cheating so that they may weigh for themselves whether or not the effort it takes to cheat is worth the risk.

Students will often go to extreme lengths to cheat, putting more time and energy into their methods of cheating than they would have to put into actually studying.

**Head over to our discussion board and tell us what kind of discipline should be used to penalize students caught engaging in any form of cheating. What kinds of consequences could be presented? How can teachers and parents keep up with digital methods of cheating? Please let us know your thoughts.

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