1. PROMOTING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IN THE CLASSROOM Mary Ellen Mastrorilli, Ph.D. Metropolitan College memastro@bu.edu September 25, 2013

2. AGENDA 1. What we know about academic integrity 2. Strategies that promote integrity 3. Holding students accountable 4. Discussion

3. WHAT THE LITERATURE SAYS  Prevalence of cheating  75% (Bowers,1964)  56% (LaGrange, 1992)  66% (McCabe & Trevino, 1993)  80% (Brown, 1995)  70% (McCabe, 2005)

4. WHAT THE LITERATURE SAYS  Factors related to cheating  Peer approval (McCabe & Trevino, 1997)  Low GPA (Antion & Michael, 1983)  Ease of cheating via computers (Ross, 2005; Underwood & Szabo, 2003; Akbulut, et al., 2008)  Difficult course work (Coston & Jenks, 1998)  Pressure for high grades (Lambert, Hogan, & Barton, 2003; McCabe, 1992)

5. WHAT THE LITERATURE SAYS  Characteristics of cheaters  Male, young, working, extracurricular activities (Whitley, 1998)  Male, freshmen and sophomores (McCabe, et al., 2012)  Risk takers (deBruin & Rudnick, 2007)  Engineering, physical sciences, and computer science (Sendag, et al., 2012)  English as a second language (Carroll, 2002)

6. GHOST WRITER INTERVIEW NIGHTLINE 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zksf0emF8

7. FOSTER HONESTY 1. Emulate it. 2. Talk about it. 3. Sign an honor pledge. 4. Create unique assignments that require solving problems, analyzing issues, making decisions. 5. Use in-class written essays. 6. Use office interviews and discussions. 7. Use turnitin.com as a research/writing aid.

8. ALLEGIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY 1. Honor the honest students. 2. Deal in good faith with the dishonest students. 3. We ALL make mistakes.

9. DISCUSSION

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