Undergraduate cheating: Who does what and why?
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Education
- Vol. 20 (2) , 159-172
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079512331381673
Abstract
Research on undergraduate cheating behaviour is in its infancy in the UK. The paper reports data from a series of studies across different academic disciplines and different institutions. The first study was designed to assess staff and student perceptions of the seriousness and frequency of different kinds of cheating. This enabled a comprehensive set of cheating behaviours to be developed. A second study utilised this set to elicit self-reports by undergraduates, who also gave reasons for indulging (or not) in each type of behaviour. Behaviours such as: copying each other's work, plagiarism, and altering and inventing research data were admitted to by more than 60% of the students. Data with respect to age, gender, discipline and institution are discussed along with the implications of these results for all in higher education.Keywords
This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Academic Dishonesty: Prevalence, Determinants, Techniques, and PunishmentsTeaching of Psychology, 1992
- Teacher and Student Perceptions of Academic Cheating in Middle and Senior High SchoolsThe Journal of Educational Research, 1990
- Classroom answer copying: Roles of acquaintanceship and free versus assigned seating.Journal of Educational Psychology, 1986
- College cheating: Immaturity, lack of commitment, and the neutralizing attitudeResearch in Higher Education, 1986
- Why Students CheatThe Journal of Higher Education, 1941