Things you consider academic dishonesty , but people do all the time?

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The discussion revolves around various actions that participants consider to be academic dishonesty (AD), particularly those that exist in a gray area. It explores the implications of certain behaviors in academic settings, including the use of medications, the legitimacy of disability accommodations, and the ethics of information access during exams.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants identify behaviors such as taking unprescribed Adderall and obtaining old exams as potential gray areas of academic dishonesty.
  • Others argue that legitimately obtaining a low score to qualify for disability accommodations is not academic dishonesty if the disability is genuine.
  • There is a contention regarding whether studying from old exams is unfair, with some asserting it is a legitimate study method while others highlight unequal access to resources.
  • Participants discuss the ethics of overhearing information from professors, with some asserting it is not cheating if the information is inadvertently acquired.
  • Some express concerns about the fairness of providing extra time on tests for students with disabilities, particularly regarding anxiety-related accommodations.
  • There are differing views on whether speaking foreign languages during exams constitutes cheating, with some asserting that any communication during exams is inappropriate.
  • One participant emphasizes that if a student knows the answer, it should not matter how they acquired that knowledge, whether through study aids or other means.
  • Concerns are raised about the potential for abuse of disability accommodations, particularly regarding anxiety, and the difficulty in assessing the legitimacy of such claims.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a range of views on what constitutes academic dishonesty, with no clear consensus on many points. Disagreements persist regarding the legitimacy of certain behaviors and the fairness of accommodations for students with disabilities.

Contextual Notes

Participants mention various assumptions about disabilities, the nature of academic integrity, and the implications of unequal access to resources, but these remain unresolved within the discussion.

  • #151


maverick_starstrider said:
But there's no objective definition of Asperger's. Indeed there's no concrete support for autism having a spectrum at all. That's something of an unverified assumption. I'm not saying it's wrong but making social modifications before scientific verification is kind of putting the cart before the horse.

ADHD is one of those things that was formerly thought of as a personality trait, but has only recently come to be regarded as a legitimate neural disorder with objective differences in how the brain responds to stimuli and motion. A recent study that I read on CNN's website mentioned a study that found that those with ADHD do, in fact, have objective differences in their brains.

Anyway, I looked but I can't find the exact article I read--perhaps I didn't read it on CNN after all?--but here's a similar one: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/14/adhd-brains-may-have-faulty-brakes/"
 
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  • #152


Geezer said:
A recent study that I read on CNN's website mentioned a study that found that those with ADHD do, in fact, have objective differences in their brains.

Of course they do. Every psychological difference between people comes down to a difference in the brain at some level - even differences in personality.
 

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