The reasons why students cheat are varied‚ but many students do it. The ease of internet access‚ the needs to get higher grades‚ the acceptability of cheating‚ the lack of repercussions for cheating‚ and the lack of time or desire to complete assignments are some examples for reasons that people may cheat in college. The internet brought the ability to quickly and efficiently transmit information on anything‚ from anywhere‚ right to our fingertips. With sites catering to students by providing
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There are many popular ways for students to cheat in exams. Some students take their notes into the examination rooms. Some students ask their friends the answers by whispering while taking the exams. And some students just try to copy the answers of students who sit in front of them without caring how similar the answers are. It is interesting to focus on the question that why some students still keep cheating in exams even though they know that the punishments of university are getting so tougher
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first-generation‚ low-income students has increased‚ scholars have realized that there are different clusters of first-generation college students. While popular media has depicted college applicants as either academically gifted or unprepared‚ the reality is that there is a diverse set of students who apply to college each year (Shaw et al.‚ 2009). Shaw et al.‚ (2009) discovered five clusters of college applicants in their research—privileged high achievers/athletes‚ disadvantaged students‚ average
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Why Students Cheat? By: Quennie P. Sigue In religion‚ the Church believed that cheating is one of the seven capital sins‚ for it is an immoral way of achieving success. It is often done by students‚ who think that studying is an easy stage of life‚ that it‘s merely attending classes without any hard work and sacrifice. Yet‚ cheaters have always reasons why they prefer to do this which can also affect their own selves. Nowadays‚ there are students who usually do cheating during examinations and
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to find success and innovation. The motivation of first generation college students can be broken into multiple categories. As a new first generation college student I can confirm that a student’s motivation can change over time when going to college. In the article “First Generation College Students: Motivation‚ Integration‚ and Academic Achievement summary” written by Moises Prospero and Shetal Vohra-Gupta (2007)‚ they explain that students who attend college to receive a higher paycheck tend to
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As a first-generation college student‚ I have personally elected to further develop my passion‚ which pertains to the proper education of young minds. It is my desire to prepare our region’s current youth and sequential generations for prosperity in our ever-changing society through the education sector. It is my belief that cultivating younger generations with proper ways of utilizing technology can exponentially increase their cognition and thus raise our society’s intellectual levels. I am currently
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the internet‚ which creates a generation that has different ideals and standards about plagiarism. The simple act of cutting and pasting as described by author William Gibson in "God’s Little Toys: Confessions of a cut and paste artist" is no longer simple; it is complex. Instead of viewing it as wrong‚ which is done in Trip Gabriel’s article‚ “Plagiarism Lines Blur for students in the digital age”‚ it should be seen as a new form of creation and expression. The digital age’s expansion requires new
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TOP TEN REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY PHILOSOPHY 1. Philosophy stimulates one’s abilities to think critically‚ creatively‚ and enhance analytical and interpretive capacities. 2. Students with an emphasis in Philosophy generally develop an interest in self-expression and reflection and enjoy debating ideas‚ skills which provide the ability to deal with the complex problems for which there are no easy answers. 3. Instead of one particular skill‚ philosophy prepares students for careers in
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together‚ a review of literature was conducted on compound learning theories. 2.2 Learning Styles The theoretical foundation for the research lies in the areas of learning styles in general and the theory of multiple intelligences in specific from the aspect of educational psychology. A search of the literature on the WWW revealed that documents relating to learning styles are prolific. Refining the search by including „online learning‟ in the search criteria did not successfully elicit sites
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Policy Plagiarism Process 1. Overview 1.1 Curtin College is committed to ensuring that all staff and students behave with academic integrity. Therefore‚ it is essential that they understand the principles underlying academic integrity and behave in a manner according to these principles. 1.2 Plagiarism is considered a breach of academic integrity‚ so it is necessary for staff and students to know what actions are considered to be plagiarism and how to avoid it 2. Organisational Scope 2.1
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