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  1. The Real Roots of Student Cheating

    In a 2021 survey of college students by College Pulse, the single biggest reason given for cheating, endorsed by 72 percent of the respondents, was "pressure to do well.". What we see here are ...

  2. Homework Pros and Cons

    Excessive homework can also lead to cheating: 90% of middle school students and 67% of high school students admit to copying someone else's homework, and 43% of college students engaged in "unauthorized collaboration" on out-of-class assignments. ... Glenda Faye Pryor-Johnson, "Why Homework Is Actually Good for Kids," memphisparent ...

  3. Why Students Cheat—and What to Do About It

    But students also rationalize cheating on assignments they see as having value. High-achieving students who feel pressured to attain perfection (and Ivy League acceptances) may turn to cheating as a way to find an edge on the competition or to keep a single bad test score from sabotaging months of hard work. At Stuyvesant, for example, students ...

  4. Cheating on homework can hurt students in long run

    Purdue has a strict academic dishonesty policy, which includes cheating or copying homework assignments. The policy states that the consequences of cheating is up to the instructors to handle. If ...

  5. Stanford research shows pitfalls of homework

    A Stanford researcher found that too much homework can negatively affect kids, especially their lives away from school, where family, friends and activities matter. "Our findings on the effects ...

  6. Is homework a necessary evil?

    Beyond that point, kids don't absorb much useful information, Cooper says. In fact, too much homework can do more harm than good. Researchers have cited drawbacks, including boredom and burnout toward academic material, less time for family and extracurricular activities, lack of sleep and increased stress.

  7. Is it time to get rid of homework? Mental health experts weigh in

    Emmy Kang, mental health counselor at Humantold , says studies have shown heavy workloads can be "detrimental" for students and cause a "big impact on their mental, physical and emotional health ...

  8. How Cheating in College Hurts Students

    Academic integrity is important, experts say, as plagiarism and other cheating may have severe consequences. How Cheating in College Hurts Students. Experts say the number of students engaging in ...

  9. Why Do Students Cheat?

    Sometimes they have a reason to cheat like feeling [like] they need to be the smartest kid in class.". Kayla (Massachusetts) agreed, noting, "Some people cheat because they want to seem cooler than their friends or try to impress their friends. Students cheat because they think if they cheat all the time they're going to get smarter.".

  10. More than two hours of homework may be counterproductive, research

    Pope said the research calls into question the value of assigning large amounts of homework in high-performing schools. Homework should not be simply assigned as a routine practice, she said. "Rather, any homework assigned should have a purpose and benefit, and it should be designed to cultivate learning and development," wrote Pope.

  11. Academic Integrity and Cheating: Why is it wrong to cheat?

    The presentation offers a definition of cheating as a form of violation of academic integrity and explanations for why cheating is attractive or tempting and then why, in the most fundamental sense, it should be judged to be morally wrongful behavior in an academic setting. The remarks make use of several ethical principles as well as the most ...

  12. Why Students Should Not Have Homework

    Examining these arguments offers important perspectives on the wider educational and developmental consequences of homework practices. 1. Elevated Stress and Health Consequences. According to Gitnux, U.S. high school students who have over 20 hours of homework per week are 27% more likely to encounter health issues.

  13. Does homework still have value? A Johns Hopkins education expert weighs

    Q+A. Does homework still have value? A Johns Hopkins education expert weighs in. Joyce Epstein, co-director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships, discusses why homework is essential, how to maximize its benefit to learners, and what the 'no-homework' approach gets wrong. The necessity of homework has been a subject of ...

  14. Why Students Cheat on Homework and How to Prevent It

    A huge cause of cheating is when work is either too easy (and students are bored) or too hard (and they are frustrated). Getting to know our students as learners can help us to provide meaningful differentiation options. Plus, we can ask them! This is what you need to be able to demonstrate the ability to do.

  15. Why I Think Students Should Cheat

    If students feel bad for cheating, it is because the environment has created a set of conditions where cheating is necessary and justifiable. For this same reason, many students are proud that ...

  16. Is it time to get rid of homework? Mental health experts weigh in

    Emmy Kang, mental health counselor at Humantold, says studies have shown heavy workloads can be "detrimental" for students and cause a "big impact on their mental, physical and emotional health ...

  17. The Pros and Cons of Homework

    Homework also helps students develop key skills that they'll use throughout their lives: Accountability. Autonomy. Discipline. Time management. Self-direction. Critical thinking. Independent problem-solving. The skills learned in homework can then be applied to other subjects and practical situations in students' daily lives.

  18. Common Reasons Students Cheat

    First, when you are caught cheating, you may fail anyway. Second, you tarnish your reputation as a trustworthy student. And third, you are establishing habits that will hurt you in the long run. When your employer or graduate program expects you to have certain knowledge based on your coursework and you don't have that knowledge, you diminish ...

  19. The Pros and Cons: Should Students Have Homework?

    Homework could even cause opposite effects if misunderstood, especially since the reliance is placed on the student and their parents — one of the major reasons as to why homework is bad. Many students would rather cheat in class to avoid doing their homework at home, and children often just copy off of each other or from what they read on ...

  20. Why is Cheating Wrong?

    Asking why cheating is wrong may seem silly or gratuitously provocative. Indeed, since "just about everyone agrees that cheating is bad and that we need to take steps to prevent it" (Kohn 2007), no such question seems warranted and no argument seems needed (Bouville 2008, 2009a).Talk about cheating is then a matter of outrage: "students STOLE a password and then they used it to CHEAT ...

  21. 18 Reasons Why Homework Is Bad For Students?

    Cheating is illegal in any school. If the teacher finds out that both assignments have relevant material, they get punished. That is why Homework is bad. Can lower your grades. One of the main reasons Homework is bad is that many teachers cannot provide all the important information in the class, and parents can not help children.

  22. Scottie Scheffler: Louisville police release videos of arrest and ...

    Louisville police released two videos Thursday showing some of the arrest of star golfer Scottie Scheffler last week and announced the detective who arrested him was disciplined for not turning on ...