Students Cheat More in Disliked Classes

摘要

One of the tactics that discourages cheating may not work as well in courses that college students particularly dislike, a study at Ohio StateUniversity, Columbus, has found. Previous research suggests instructors who emphasize mastering the content in their classes encounter less cheating than those who push students to get good grades, but this study found emphasizing mastery is not related as strongly to lower rates of cheating in classes that students list as their most disliked. Those in disliked classes were equally as likely to cheat, regardless of whether the instructors emphasized mastery or good grades.