August 1, 2011
A Holistic Solution to the Cheating Epidemic
Cheating has become an epidemic in America’s schools. According to research by authors David B. Wangaard, Ed.D., and Jason M. Stephens, Ph.D., over 90 percent of high school students participate in some form of cheating during the course of the school year. In their new book Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity: A Toolkit for Secondary Schools, Wangaard and Stephens provide a holistic, school-wide approach to address this epidemic and transform school culture.
Based on thorough research, including their own studies of six diverse high schools in Connecticut, Wangaard and Stephens present a breakthrough in secondary education. Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity is a comprehensive assortment of concepts and resources to help empower students, school staff, and parents to work together to not only reduce cheating behavior but improve the school environment to encourage and celebrate academic honesty.
This powerful toolkit includes the following:
• Resources and strategies to improve students’ commitment to scholastic honesty.
• An in-depth discussion of plagiarism and tips to prevent it.
• Guidance for developing a comprehensive honor policy, based on the honor policies of 33 public and private schools throughout the United States.
• Advice for establishing an Academic Integrity Committee to plan and implement policies that support a climate of honesty and hard work.
• Reproducible handouts for classroom activities (also included on an enclosed CD-ROM).
Title: Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity: A Toolkit for Secondary Schools
Authors: David Wangaard, Ed.D. and Jason Stephens, Ph.D.
Publisher: Search Institute. Distributed by Independent Publishers Group
Publication Date: August 2011
$34.95 (CAN $38.95), Paper, ISBN-13: 978-1-57482-496-4
176 pages, 8½ x 11, includes handouts on CD-ROM
