Grade the
Work, Not the Behaviour
by Cindi Rigsbee
by Cindi Rigsbee
Education Week Teacher – May 8, 2012
“You can’t give a
student a zero for cheating. You have to
separate behavior from academics.”
I now respond by
reassigning the work or re-administering the test by making it different and,
if possible, more rigorous. What was, at
first, a multiple choice quiz may become an essay when I re-test the student.
Maybe the problem is that the student needs a different way
of showing they’ve learned the concepts and principles.
I believe cheating would go away and not be a problem if
students were allowed to demonstrate, in their own way, their understanding of
the material.
This could mean a drawing or diagram, making a model,
writing a song, performing a short play, conducting an experiment, etc. This is truly testing for knowledge and
application of that knowledge.
No student would WANT to “cheat” because they would be too
eager to express and share, in their own way, what they’ve learned.
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