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Sabbagh, Clara – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Background: As a point of departure, this study assumes that teaching to impart knowledge is inseparable from its moral role to create an ethical citizenry, such as developing standards of academic integrity. Aims: The study aims at delving into how different facets of the sense of (in)justice in the classroom may play a significant role in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Low Achievement, Cheating, Ethics
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Sun, Jinlu; Cao, Liqun – Journal of School Violence, 2022
Most studies of school bullying in China are atheoretical. To fill the gap in the literature, we introduce criminological theories in an attempt to test propositions broadly derived from these perspectives in the study of physical bullying. Relying on data collected from 12 middle schools (Grades 7 to 9) in three cities with information on both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Middle School Students, Aggression
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Cheung, Hoi Yan; Wu, Joseph; Huang, Yansheng – Australian Educational Researcher, 2016
Academic dishonesty is recognised as a serious problem in Australia, and educators have been searching for ways to prevent its escalation. It is important to understand what factors influence cheating. This study used a sample of 446 grade 7 to 9 students, 160 from Macao and 286 from Zhuhai in China, to examine the personal and contextual aspects…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cheating, Context Effect, Learner Engagement
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Butler, Ruth; Shibaz, Limor – Learning and Instruction, 2008
This study examined a new achievement-goal approach to teacher motivation by testing the predictions that mastery and ability-avoidance goals for teaching would predict students' reports of teacher support for and inhibition of question asking and help seeking, as well as students' help seeking and cheating. Surveys were completed by 53 teachers…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Student Attitudes, Cheating, Teacher Motivation
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Anderman, Eric M.; Midgley, Carol – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2004
Changes in early adolescents' self-reported cheating behaviors in mathematics before and after the transition from middle school to high school are examined. Students were surveyed in school regarding their cheating behaviors in math, and the motivational goal structures perceived in their math classrooms. Surveys were completed twice during the…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Cheating, Student Behavior, Grade 8
Kelley, R. Mark; Young, Michael; Denny, George; Lewis, Carri – American Journal of Health Education, 2005
Many commentators have indicated that our nation is in a crisis of character. This study examined the relationship between cheating and lying behaviors and constructs previous research has shown to be associated with health behaviors. Participants in the study were 700 students in grades 6-12 from a single southern school district. The…
Descriptors: Cheating, Secondary School Students, Self Efficacy, Deception