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The temptation for students in high-pressure-cooker environments to cheat has always existed. However, in the new technological age, there are more options for them to do so.  
The temptation for students in high-pressure-cooker environments to cheat has always existed. However, in the new technological age, there are more options for them to do so.  


Touches on graphing calculators, cell phone photos of tests, survey statistics on cheating  and who cheats in high schools, plagiarism, etc.
Touches on graphing calculators, cell phone photos of tests, survey statistics on cheating  and who cheats in high schools, plagiarism, etc.[http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=230738]
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=230738


Dictating notes into an ipod, listen during test
Dictating notes into an ipod, listen during test [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/education/18cheating.html?ex=1305604800&en=78a0726e8afa89f8&ei=5088]
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/education/18cheating.html?ex=1305604800&en=78a0726e8afa89f8&ei=5088

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But wait, this isn’t the end of the education story. Let’s look at Sara’s life again.

Sara’s a girl who knows what she wants. She’s juggling three sports each school year, ballet classes, and babysitting duty for her younger brother. What’s more, she wants to take a full load of rigorous academic courses her junior year, and there just isn’t time…


The temptation for students in high-pressure-cooker environments to cheat has always existed. However, in the new technological age, there are more options for them to do so.

Touches on graphing calculators, cell phone photos of tests, survey statistics on cheating and who cheats in high schools, plagiarism, etc.[1]

Dictating notes into an ipod, listen during test [2]