How Can Promoting Academic Integrity Improve Learning Outcomes for Students?

Cheating and its related issues have been studied extensively for decades. There’s an overwhelming amount of literature on the topic. However, results from the past and the present confirm that cheating has been and continues to be a serious problem in higher education. This program explores a straightforward approach to combating academic dishonesty in the classroom through changing the focus from one of preventing cheating to one of promoting academic integrity. By adopting new ways of communicating about academic integrity, learn to reduce cheating in your classroom.

Purchase the How Can Promoting Academic Integrity Improve Learning Outcomes for Students? 20-Minute Mentor program, presented by Maryellen Weimer, PhD. In this 20-minute session, you’ll come away with expert strategies from a world-renowned teaching and learning specialist that will move students toward becoming effective learners with integrity, allowing them to pursue understanding, learn from failures, and continue learning for life.

Learning Goals

After this program, participants will be able to:

• Change the focus from anti-cheating to pro-integrity
• Encourage communication and honesty in your students
• Communicate expectations clearly to your students

Topics Covered

• Defining cheating
• How cheating hurts students
• Role of academic integrity within the academy
• Academic integrity by example
• Preventing cheating

Audience

This program will benefit:

• Professors
• Associate Professors
• Assistant Professors
• Adjunct Professors
• Instructors
• Teaching Professors
• Transfer Professors

Product Code: PM18JB