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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Academic Dishonesty"”.
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Faculty Beliefs Regarding Online Academic Dishonesty and the Measures Taken to Address Academic Dishonesty in Georgia
… in higher education. The need to ensure the academic integrity of distance learning courses has increased as online instruction has grown to meet the needs of its distributed body of students. Although academic dishonesty has been a well documented problem for many years, the distance …
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Academic dishonesty: a study in the magnitude of and justifications for academic dishonesty among college undergraduate and graduate students
… scores and justifications for engaging in academically dishonest behavior scores were obtained from 138 college undergraduate and graduate students through the use of a survey. One-way analysis of variance revealed a significant difference between the underclassmen, upperclassmen, and …
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Responding to Academic Dishonesty: Faculty and Student Perspectives
Implications for policy and practice, recommendations, and suggestions for further research are also presented.
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Academic dishonesty: the link between academics and the law
… and much research completed on the problem of academic dishonesty at the college and university level. However, there is a dearth of studies done on academic dishonesty as it relates to the legal issues and trends related to higher education administration. The purpose of this research is to …
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Predicting academic dishonesty using the theory of planned behaviour
This study investigates academic dishonesty among undergraduate commerce students using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). A total of 579 respondents from three tertiary institutions in the Western Cape in South Africa completed an online survey about their attitudes, subjective norms, …
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Academic Dishonesty: Attitudes and Behaviors of Fundamentalist Christian College Students
This study was designed to examine: (1) the extent to which cheating occurs in fundamentalist Christian colleges; (2) the attitudes of fundamentalist Christian college students toward cheating; (3) attitudes of fundamentalist Christian college students toward cheating among their peers; (4) the …
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An investigation of academic dishonesty among undergraduates at Kansas State University
… useable responses to a survey using McCabe’s Academic Integrity Scale. The findings found significant differences between age and gender comparisons. Younger women reported the most behavior in academic dishonesty, and older women reported the lowest behavior in academic dishonesty. The …
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Reconsidering Academic Dishonesty: A Critical Examination of a Complex Organizational Problem
Academic dishonesty, traditionally framed as a problem of student agency, plagues higher education institutions. In order to facilitate leadership toward the resolution of the problem, this study reconsiders academic dishonesty as a symptom of the complex interplay among agency, structure, and …
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ARISTOTELIAN-INSPIRED MODEL FOR CURTAILING ACADEMIC DISHONESTY IN THE UNITED STATES
… dissertation explores the growing epidemic of academic dishonesty in the United States in order to propose an Aristotelian-inspired model for developing moral character to curtail this epidemic. The task is laid out in four parts. Chapter one responds to the problem of akrasia, adopting a …
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Descriptive Analysis of Georgia High School Teachers' Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty
… purpose of examining teachers' perceptions of academic dishonesty during the 2006-2007 school year. Data were gathered to establish teachers' perceptions of academic dishonesty by exploring what behaviors teachers felt to be academically dishonest, how teachers addressed such occurrences, …
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Exploring The Relationship Between Academic Dishonesty And Moral Development In Law School Students
… existed between moral development and dishonest academic behaviors in law students. The quantitative portion of the study utilized a survey adapted from James Rest's Defining Issues Test and Donald McCabe's Academic Integrity Survey. Law students were solicited by email from two public …
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The Anatomy of Academic Dishonesty: Cognitive Development, Self-Concept, Neutralization Techniques, and Attitudes Toward Cheating
… to investigate: (1) The relationships between academic dishonesty and each of the following overall independent variables: cognitive development, use of neutralization techniques, self-concept as a multifaceted cognitive construct, and attitude toward cheating, and (2) the reasons behind …
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Academic Dishonesty in Traditional and Online Courses as Self-Reported by Students in Online Courses.
… of this study was to examine engagement in academic dishonesty in traditional and online college courses and the perceptions of online students toward academic dishonesty. Students enrolled in the Tennessee Regents Online Degree Program (RODP) who had taken both online and traditional …
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Rationalizing the Decision to Cheat: An Empirical Analysis to Determine Whether Social Rational Orientation can Predict Academic Dishonesty
Academic dishonesty is a wide-spread issue that plagues educational institutions, including those in higher education. The purpose of higher education is to increase knowledge and foster learning within students who are willing to put forth the effort necessary to earn a degree. However, students …
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Academic Expectations of a High School and the Frequency of AcademicDishonesty as Reported by High School Principals in Virginia
A review of research indicates that academic dishonesty is a common occurrence at all levels of education with high school being a significant determinant in whether one will engage in cheating at the college level. Current research is heavily concentrated on cheating at the college level. This …
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To what extent do student characteristics and situational factors influence academic dishonesty amongst economic and business students in a sample at three South African universities?
… and personal characteristics that predict academic cheating. It examines the situational characteristics such as the perceived likelihood of getting caught and punished when cheating, the perception of how much peer cheating takes place and the standards and culture of integrity that exists …
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An examination of Academic Integrity Policies, Standards, and Programs at Public and Private Intstitutions
Academic dishonesty is a major dilemma for institutions of higher learning. Cheating behaviors among students have been documented as early as 1941 when Drake conducted a study that indicated that 23% of students cheated. Since then percentages of students involved in cheating and academic …
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Intensitas ketidak jujuran akademik mahasiswa dalam evaluasi belajar
… (2003) denganistilahketidakjujuranakademikatauacademic dishonesty, serta beberapa teori yang mendasari munculnya tindakan (intensitas, motivasi), antara lain: teori reason action atau niat dari Fishben dan Ajzen (1975-1980), Teori interaksionisme simbolik modern: William James (1978) dengan …
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Examining the Relationship Between Academic Integrity and Moral Reasoning Among Physical Therapy Students
… from 2002-1012 by the International Center for Academic Integrity, 43% of graduate and 68% of undergraduate students admitted to cheating on written assignments or tests. However, minimal research exists on physical therapy (PT) students’ perceptions of academic dishonesty. Moral reasoning has …
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Academic integrity and the non-traditional student: Demographics, rationales, and the role of religious beliefs
This dissertation examined academic integrity among nontraditional college students attending nontraditional educational degree programs. Conducted at a midsized regionally accredited theological school, only nontraditional students were included. The primary focus was to provide data on the …
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