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Outside pressures/opinions may push students to feel that their only option is to cheat in order to not fail or let anyone down

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Severe difficulty in learning the concepts of the class

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Severe difficulty in learning the concepts of the class

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Too much emphasis on product and not the process of learning

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Students experience the need to perform to impress their family

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-Students confused, not clear on what to do/expectations, don't know the instructions
-Student not feeling that they can do the assignment; students feel stressed/anxious about the assignment
-No time to do assignment
-Instructors too strict with deadlines, not accepting late work, not flexible
-Assignment is too high stakes
-Students not sure what "counts" as cheating/plagiarism; don't understand that what they are doing might be considered cheating; instructor might assume students know what this means, might talk about it in a policing/negative way
-Assignment might not be meaningful, interesting, relevant, not worth their time to the student
-Assessment practices focused on compliance instead of learning/meeting learning objectives throughout the course

[side notes: Over-policing/monitoring/assuming students are cheating--instructors/staff distrusting of students; consider how individual biases impact this--are some students accused of cheating more often than other student groups? Are instructors/staff more suspicious of certain student groups, assume bad intentions? Instructors often replicate old/"traditional" assessment practices and aren't familiar with other ways of assessing yet--need more training, mindset shifts, etc.; instructors revert to "a-hole" mentality]

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Are assignments really meaningful to the students? 

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Are assignments really meaningful to the students? 

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Important to reflect on our assessments and assignments and determine whether they represent authentic, meaningful representation/assessment of student learning

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Actual excuses: language barriers lead to leaning on others too much, working, baby needed attention

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To Pass the class or thinking that they will not get the material anyway.

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To Pass the class or thinking that they will not get the material anyway.

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Students don't understand the concepts and want to pass the course.

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Students may feel pressure to pass a class when they did not have time to study

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Students may feel pressure to pass a class when they did not have time to study

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Not knowing an answer on a high stakes test can be very stressful. Sometimes looking it up or looking next to you relieves that stress quickly

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Students cheat because they do not respect a professor. This was a message I got as a student.