How can schools keep students from cheating?
Research shows that honor codes are one way to deter kids from cheating.5 An honor code is a pledge that a student makes to be honest in his academic work. Honor codes often are based on five values: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility. Put into practice, these values teach students to act with integrity in their schoolwork. How does an honor code work? Some schools ask students to sign a pledge at the start of the school year. Other schools ask students to write the pledge on each test and major assignment as a reminder of the honor code. No matter how an honor code is implemented, it’s designed to ensure that students do their own work. What kinds of things does an honor code address? Most honor codes address cheating, plagiarizing (copying someone else’s work and presenting it as your own), and giving or receiving help with schoolwork. Honor codes prohibit things like sharing homework, getting exam questions from an earlier test taker, and writing exam answers on p
