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What Factors Influence Your Tendency to Plagiarize in School?

Ask a Tech Teacher

I am constantly amazed at how many students plagiarize schoolwork. I was excited when Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Milyn Anne, offered this article explaining the why behind plagiarizing: What Factors Influence Your Tendency to Plagiarize in School? Here are just a few reasons why you might cheat: You have a fear of failure.

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A cautious approach to using AI in education

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Guidance for using AI in education AI is already impacting education in several areas: plagiarism detection, learning management platforms, analyzing student success/failure metrics, and curriculum development.

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How to help ESL students improve writing skills

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Not to mention their further education when the time comes to write dissertations and other research papers: Afraid of poor grades and stipend loss, ESL students get tempted to plagiarize from others or use writing services from third parties to prevent failures and get the desired diploma.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

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Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. For example, during group problem-solving, ask students to identify and reflect on common mistakes, transforming failure into an opportunity for growth (Dweck, 2006). Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI. Corwin Press.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. For example, during group problem-solving, ask students to identify and reflect on common mistakes, transforming failure into an opportunity for growth (Dweck, 2006). Rethinking Plagiarism in the Era of Generative AI. Corwin Press.

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6 Tech Best Practices for New Teachers

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In cyberspace, students are confronted often–if not daily–with questions regarding cyberbullying, digital privacy, digital footprints, plagiarism, and more. A lot of learning is accomplished by failure. The question is: Who’s teaching students how to thrive in this brave new world? Try, fail, try again.

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Essential Considerations for Addressing the Possibility of AI-Driven Cheating, Part 2

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Figure 2: Screenshot of the Social Engagement section in the User Experience Research Project Final Reflection document Trial and Error is about giving students the opportunity to learn through failure. Students can often learn more from productive failure than from success (Sinha & Kapur, 2021). link] Nolan, B. Business Insider.

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