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Miller, Angela D.; Murdock, Tamera B.; Grotewiel, Morgan M. – Theory Into Practice, 2017
Although research shows that higher-achieving students report engaging in cheating behaviors less frequently than lower-achieving students, the cheating rates among this population are still startling. Certain aspects of the context of being a high-achieving student support academic dishonesty. We investigate integrity among the highest achievers…
Descriptors: Cheating, Ethics, High Achievement, Student Behavior
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Murdock, Tamera B.; Beauchamp, Anne S.; Hinton, Amber M. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2008
The frequency of cheating in today's classrooms undermines educators' efforts and threatens students' learning. Data from 444 high school students in 48 math and science classrooms at two time points were analyzed to examine the classroom and individual influences on students' attributions of blame for cheating and to examine the relationship…
Descriptors: Cheating, Classrooms, High School Students, Classroom Environment
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Murdock, Tamera B.; Anderman, Eric M. – Educational Psychologist, 2006
This article uses theoretical concepts from self-efficacy theory, goal theory, expectancy value, and intrinsic motivation theory as a way to organize the vast and largely atheoretical literature on academic cheating. Specifically, it draws on 3 particular questions that students encounter when deciding whether to cheat: (a) What is my purpose?,…
Descriptors: Cheating, Motivation, Self Efficacy, Attribution Theory
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Murdock, Tamera B. – Mathematics Teacher, 1999
Discusses how many students cheat in middle and high school mathematics classes and the reasons for cheating. Offers practices to prevent student cheating. Contains 19 references. (ASK)
Descriptors: Cheating, Discipline Problems, Mathematics Education, Middle Schools
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Murdock, Tamera B.; Miller, Angela; Kohlhardt, Julie – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004
Hypothetical vignettes were used to examine the effects of teacher pedagogical skill (good vs. poor), interpersonal caring (caring vs. not), and classroom goal structure (performance vs. mastery) on high school students' judgments about the target of blame for cheating (teacher vs. student), the acceptability of cheating, and the likelihood of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Self Efficacy, Cheating, Context Effect