A penalty scheme for academic dishonesty

Mohamad Khattar Awad; Bashar Zogheib; Hamed M.K. Alazemi

doi:10.1109/TALE.2013.6654504

A penalty scheme for academic dishonesty

Mohamad Khattar Awad, Bashar Zogheib, Hamed M.K. Alazemi

Mathematic and Natural Sciences

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Abstract

This work contributes to better understanding of the optimal penalties for the deterrence of academic dishonesty. Academic dishonesty has recently become one of the most prevalent issues in higher education [1]. In order to address this issue, researches have focused on understanding cheating methods and techniques, determinants, punishment, and consequences. Unlike common descriptive, exploratory or regression-based approaches proposed in the literature, this work proposes a mathematical framework for analyzing the optimal academic dishonesty penalties. Results suggest that expected penalties should be more than the possible gain in grades obtained by committing an offense. Moreover, it shows that increasing penalties are not always optimal for dealing with repeat cheats.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013
Pages	580-584
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2013.6654504
State	Published - 2013
Event	2013 2nd IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013 - Kuta, Indonesia Duration: 26 Aug 2013 → 29 Aug 2013

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Name	Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013

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Conference	2013 2nd IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013
Country/Territory	Indonesia
City	Kuta
Period	26/08/13 → 29/08/13

Keywords

Academic Policy
Cheating
Deterrence
Penalty Scheme
Plagiarism

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Awad, M. K., Zogheib, B., & Alazemi, H. M. K. (2013). A penalty scheme for academic dishonesty. In Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013 (pp. 580-584). Article 6654504 (Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013). https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2013.6654504

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Awad, MK, Zogheib, B & Alazemi, HMK 2013, A penalty scheme for academic dishonesty. in Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013., 6654504, Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013, pp. 580-584, 2013 2nd IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013, Kuta, Indonesia, 26/08/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2013.6654504

A penalty scheme for academic dishonesty. / Awad, Mohamad Khattar; Zogheib, Bashar; Alazemi, Hamed M.K.
Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013. 2013. p. 580-584 6654504 (Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013).

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