Detecting and Prosecuting Contract Cheating with Evidence -- A "Doping Test" Approach

Autor/in	Alin, Pauli
Titel	Detecting and Prosecuting Contract Cheating with Evidence -- A "Doping Test" Approach
Quelle	In: International Journal for Educational Integrity, 16 (2020), Artikel 7 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Alin, Pauli)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1833-2595
DOI	10.1007/s40979-020-00056-4
Schlagwörter	Contracts; Cheating; Outsourcing; Plagiarism; Assignments; Prevention; Identification; Evidence Based Practice; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vertrag; Prellen; Plagiat; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Identifikation; Identifizierung
Abstract	Contract cheating -- outsourcing student assignments for a fee -- presents a growing threat to the integrity of higher education. As contract cheating is based on students purchasing assignments that are original (albeit not created by the student), traditional plagiarism detection tools remain insufficient to detect contract cheating. Part of the problem is that proving contract cheating is difficult. As a result, instructors may find it hard to prosecute students (i.e. put them through university academic dishonesty proceedings). To help address the problem, this conceptual paper builds upon extant scholarship on contract cheating and argues that a novel evidence-based approach is needed. Such an approach should allow instructors to detect and prosecute cases of contract cheating effectively and efficiently. The paper then presents an outline of such an approach and calls it the "Doping Test" approach as it mimics some aspects of doping testing in professional sport. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01