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The new Cheating Culture fueled by mobile phones |
axxxr
Joined: Mar 21, 2003
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This week's issue of Newsweek writes about the distrubing rise of student cheating,as technological advances such as mobile phones have made cheating easier than ever.
"Rates of academic cheating have skyrocketed during the past decade. In a huge study of 50,000 college and 18,000 high-school students. More than 70 percent admitted to having cheated. That's up from about 56 percent in 1993 and just 26 percent in 1963.
What's turning students into crooks? First and foremost, technological advances have made cheating easier than ever. From purchasing "original" essays from Web sites like Gradesaver.com to "outsourcing" computer-programming homework to experts in India via sites like Rentacoder.com, students can now buy A's for the price of a school lunch.
At the same time, mobile phones and MP3 players have given test takers new tools: picture messaging lets them contact friends outside the classroom with photographed copies of whole exams.
SparkMobile, a new service from SparkNotes will text students themes to use for surprise in-class essays or beam them iPod-friendly audio summaries of classic novels.
Competition, though, is the real culprit. As the work force becomes ever more crowded and the number of college grades skyrockets, top educational credentials are increasingly seen as the only sure vehicle to success."
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axxxr
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i'd be interested to know if anyone here has ever used their phones for cheating?
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below24
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Phones have been banned in exam rooms now, well they were when i took exams.
And no i havent. 
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Posted: 2006-03-22 16:55
