Examining Grading Practices
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Grading Practices Focus #5: Academic Dishonesty The Final Lap! Vero Beach High School
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Vero Beach High School. Focus #5: Academic Dishonesty. Examining Grading Practices. The Final Lap!. The Five Focuses. Focus 1 - Achievement Focus 2 - Zeros Focus 3 - Clear Expectations Focus 4 - Meeting the Standards Focus 5 - Academic Dishonesty (Cheating) . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Examining Grading PracticesFocus #5:
AcademicDishonesty
The Final Lap!
Vero Beach High School
The Five FocusesFocus 1 - AchievementFocus 2 - ZerosFocus 3 - Clear ExpectationsFocus 4 - Meeting the Standards
Focus 5 - Academic Dishonesty (Cheating)
Focus #5Don’t punish academic dishonesty with
reduced grades;apply other consequences.
What is it? Why does it happen? What should we do about it?
Prevention Consequences
“No studies support the use of low grades or marks as punishments. Instead of prompting greater effort, low grades more often cause students to withdraw from learning.” Guskey and Bailey, Developing Grading and Reporting Systems for Student Learning, Corwin Press, 2001, 34-35
What is academic dishonesty aka “cheating”? Departments Brainstorm: .Please place responses in “Focus
Five Department Questions” document emailed to Department Chairs along with this presentation.
Please forward completed questions to [email protected] .
Your department’s input is important!
SDIRC defines cheating as:
The inappropriate and deliberate distribution or use
of information, notes, materials, or work of another
person in the completion of an academic exam, test, or
assignment without specific teacher permission and proper
crediting of the source (plagiarism).
Why do Students Cheat?(Click on the students for hyperlink to video.)
Why do Students Cheat? Departments Brainstorm: Please place responses in “Focus Five
Department Questions” document emailed to Department Chairs along with this presentation.
Please forward completed questions to [email protected] .
Your department’s thoughts are important! Thank you!
Consequences for Academic Dishonesty?
(Click on the student desk for hyperlink to video.)
Current SDIRC Policy Student/Parent Acknowledgment For
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School Board Policy (5.14, Pupil Personnel)
“A student's academic grade shall not be lowered as a disciplinary measure.”
SDIRC Matrix of Infractions and Consequences
Mandatory: Report to parent/call/referral
Optional: Verbal reprimand Written or special assignment related to
offense Administrator/parent/teacher/student
conference Behavior agreement Confiscation of inappropriate item After school detention Counseling/PS RTI
SDIRC Matrix of Infractions and Consequences
(cont.)Optional (cont’d): After school detention Counseling/PS RTI Revoke parking decal or tow away vehicle Friday/Saturday detention In-school suspension Short-term out-of-school suspension 1-5
day/bus suspension Long-term out-of-school suspension 16-10
day/bus suspension
CONSEQUENCESFollow Code of Conduct/Must
contact parent according to matrix
Zeros are not an optionConsequences must be
consistent
What measures can we take to prevent academic dishonesty?
PREVENTION ~ CONSEQUENCES
Departments Brainstorm: .Please place responses in “Focus
Five Department Questions” document emailed to Department Chairs along with this presentation.
Please forward completed questions to [email protected] .
Your input makes a difference! Thank you!
Resources http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/sch
ool/cheating.html# Everybody Does It (Article) Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzhURoS39JE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbzJTTDO9f4
Book: Room 14/28 http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/pre
vent.html
Although this is the last “Major Focus”, everything we have
learned/discussed will be shared with the District for new Grading
Policies!
