Trying to complete more than one or two assignments in a day can be somewhat of an issue. Some students, including myself, do run into this issue and it can be very difficult to manage. Where time management comes into play, student’s (especially freshman) skills may not be up to par so they automatically go to breaking that academic integrity rule. Once they feel as though they can’t do it, they “cheat,” by getting the answers for the assignment from someone else, copying everything from someone else’s work, etc. Cheating happens most in the occasion where the student is involved in sports as well. Loschiavo (2015) found, “College work is challenging, and some students underestimate how long it will take them. When they run out of time, they panic and take a shortcut” (para. …show more content…
One way is that they have no knowledge or understanding on the material that was taught either because they didn’t pay attention or just didn’t understand it. In this situation, they definitely will go straight to cheating because they have no other option. When writing a paper, students also may be confused on how to properly cite sources that they have used within their essay. In this matter, it is still considered as cheating, or in other terms, plagiarism, because it is stealing another person’s words and using it like it is your own. One in three respondents didn't realize that submitting a similar essay for different courses was considered cheating under the code (Heibutzki, n.d.). Some people don’t understand that different ways of turning in a paper can still be considered