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Instructors perceive AI cheating due to system gaming, anxiety, and normalization · 2 sources tracked

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Two research papers analyze instructor perspectives on student AI-mediated cheating, drawing from over 2 million posts on the r/Professors subreddit. The studies identify key themes such as academic system gaming, a digital-academic literacy gap, performance anxiety, and the normalization of dishonesty as perceived student motivations. The research aims to understand instructors' beliefs about academic honesty and their strategies for discouraging cheating in the wake of tools like ChatGPT. AI

IMPACT Highlights the perceived challenges and motivations behind student AI misuse in academia, informing educational policy and AI integration strategies.

RANK_REASON Two academic papers published on arXiv analyzing instructor perspectives on AI cheating. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=2 ai=0.4]

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Iman Mohammadi, Sina Rismanchian, Ali Keramati, Shayan Salehi ·

    Understanding Students' Rationales for AI-Mediated Cheating: An Instructor Perspective from Online Forums Analysis

    arXiv:2611.13358v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The extensive adoption of AI has precipitated a crisis in academic integrity. While studies attempt to quantify cheating, less is known about the motivations instructors believe students have for using AI in prohibited ways. We anal…

  2. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Iman Mohammadi, Ali Keramati, Sina Rismanchian ·

    Mapping Instructors' Attitudes Towards Cheating with AI: An Exploratory Analysis Using Forum Analysis

    arXiv:2611.13366v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In teaching and learning environments, cheating and the violation of academic integrity have always been one of the challenges, involving different levels of concerns such as administrative, personal knowledge, learning, and equity.…

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