An Empirical Examination of Undergraduate Academic Dishonesty within the Context of Semantics, Environment, and Role.

Autor: McClough, David, Heinfeldt, Jeff
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Zdroj: Currents in Teaching & Learning; Sep2023, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p65-82, 18p
Abstrakt: The extent and persistence of academic dishonesty among college students is well-established in published research. This study confirms similarly extensive cheating at a small, Midwestern university using selfreported data collected by surveying students. The empirical analysis identifies evidence of dissonance relating to semantics, environment, and role. The three principle findings are: a distinction between the terms cheating and unauthorized assistance, reporting academic dishonesty more outside the classroom than in, and acknowledging more providing than receiving of unauthorized assistance. The results suggest that students experience competing codes of behavior informed by environment and role. Prescriptions consistent with these finding are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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