Don’t Cheat Yourself: Scenarios to clarify collusion confusion
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Katherine A. Seaton, La Trobe University
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Last Update: 2025
Publisher: La Trobe University
Language: English
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Mathematics and Academic Integrity
- The scenarios
- Issues raised by the scenarios
- Glossary
- Reference List
About the Book
Ensuring academic integrity in mathematical tasks presents a unique challenge, for university students and for their assessors, and one that hitherto has been under-examined. Drawing on her twenty years of experience in mathematics education, the recent academic integrity research literature, and on what students say about why misconduct occurs, the author examines this issue head-on.
Don’t Cheat Yourself: Scenarios to clarify collusion confusion facilitates intentional consideration of the nature and purpose of assessment in mathematics, and of how some types of interactions between students undermine that purpose. Pertinent and realistic scenarios are provided as prompts for discussion, through which students in mathematical disciplines can come to a better understanding of what constitutes copying and collusion, identify strategies for finding support, be warned of the short- and long-term consequences of misconduct, and be set up to learn collaboratively and work legitimately.
About the Contributors
Author
Katherine Seaton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at La Trobe University. She has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and Ph. D from the University of Melbourne, and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning) from La Trobe. Katherine has published articles in the areas of mathematical physics, maths applications, tertiary mathematics education and mathematics and the arts. Her particular interest in mathematics education is in assessment. Katherine has over twenty-five years’ experience in tertiary mathematics teaching, recognised by several La Trobe teaching awards, and is a passionate communicator of mathematics both to La Trobe students and in outreach activities. Her hobbies include fibre arts and reading.