All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 August 1 in 10 university students getting away with online cheating 1 in 10 university students getting away with online cheating 31/08/2021 | 4 MINS This article by Dr Guy Curtis from LIT's School of Psychological Sciences was originally published in The Conversation. The worst kind of university cheating is also the hardest kind to catch, and more students do it than previously thought. Until recently, it was thought about 2 to 4 per cent of Australian university students submitted assignments written by someone else. Our new research suggests the real figure is more like 8 to 11 per cent. And over 95 per cent of students who cheat in this way are not caught. University assignments, like essays and reports, allow students to demonstrate they have learned what they are supposed to have learned. If someone else writes the assignment, a student might graduate not knowing something they are supposed to know. The consequences could be catastrophic. Would you want to receive an injection from a nurse whose assignment on how to measure do
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 August 1 in 10 university students getting away with online cheating 1 in 10 university students getting away with online cheating 31/08/2021 | 4 MINS This article by Dr Guy Curtis from LIT's School of Psychological Sciences was originally published in The Conversation.
The worst kind of university cheating is also the hardest kind to catch, and more students do it than previously thought.
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Until recently, it was thought about 2 to 4 per cent of Australian university students submitted assignments written by someone else.
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Our new research suggests the real figure is more like 8 to 11 per cent.
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And over 95 per cent of students who cheat in this way are not caught.
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University assignments, like essays and reports, allow students to demonstrate they have learned what they are supposed to have learned.
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If someone else writes the assignment, a student might graduate not knowing something they are supposed to know.
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