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Evaluating the Motivation of Other Students to Cheat: A Vignette Experiment
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Rettinger, David A.; Jordan, Augustus E.; Peschiera, Francisco – Research in Higher Education, 2004
This study uses students' evaluations of a hypothetical situation to assess their beliefs about other students' decisions to cheat on an exam. Participants read a vignette describing an examination in which the protagonist has the opportunity to cheat. The description of the vignette's protagonist was manipulated with respect to his perceived…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Cognitive Ability, Cheating, Tests
Factors Influencing Engineering Students' Decisions to Cheat by Type of Assessment
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Passow, Honor J.; Mayhew, Matthew J.; Finelli, Cynthia J.; Harding, Trevor S.; Carpenter, Donald D. – Research in Higher Education, 2006
Academic dishonesty (cheating) has been prevalent on college campuses for decades, and the percentage of students reporting cheating varies by college major. This study, based on a survey of 643 undergraduate engineering majors at 11 institutions, used two parallel hierarchical multiple regression analyses to predict the frequency of cheating on…
Descriptors: Cheating, Engineering Education, Majors (Students), Decision Making
College Cheating: Immaturity, Lack of Commitment, and the Neutralizing Attitude.
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Haines, Valerie J.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1986
A 49-item questionnaire administered to 380 students was used to study cheating on exams, quizzes, and homework assignments. More than half the students reported cheating during the academic year in at least one area. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Apathy, Cheating, College Students, Educational Attitudes