It operates on the honor system but is building tools to reduce cheating.
Caveon's philosophy is that it is not necessary to ensnare every cheat to reduce cheating over all.
Dr. Jason Stephens of the University of Connecticut has now embarked on a three-year pilot program to reduce cheating.
A Crystal Rock water bottle is Exhibit A in a campaign to reduce cheating here at Staples High School, a bastion of affluence, academic achievement and unrelenting pressure to succeed.
Some hands-on courses, such as art and design, would still have project-based work, but this would be done in school - rather than independently - to reduce cheating.
Such experimental research is rare at present, but illustrates how relatively modest interventions can greatly reduce cheating behavior (e.g., Dee & Jacob, 2010; Shu et al., 2011).
In summary, teachers in all four contexts felt that greater use of e-assessment would increase the prevalence of cheating, though there was also recognition that technology also provides opportunities to support assessment and reduce cheating.
So will adding further pressure to the testing situation reduce cheating?
A stricter policy against cheating in high school would then reduce cheating at the university.
Finally, increasing the level of supervision during entrance examination, mandating attendance at lectures and discouraging substance use among students are also likely to reduce cheating.
