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Perry, Bob – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2010
Academic research and newspaper stories suggest that academic misconduct, including plagiarism, is on the increase. This apparent increase coupled with new internet enterprises selling "pass" papers and customized research are worrying trends. Academic misconduct is deeply harmful in a number of ways by devaluing awards, frustrating…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Student Attitudes, Cheating, Teaching Methods
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed.; Mascia, Maria Lidia, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
These proceedings contain the papers of the 16th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2019), held during November 7-9, 2019, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and co-organised by University Degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Engineering Education, Critical Thinking
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Culwin, Fintan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
An activity designed to actively introduce first year students to issues related to academic misconduct is described. The activity involves computing students writing a short essay on a topic related to the history of computing. The essays are subsequently automatically checked for non-originality and the outcomes made available to the students.…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Cheating, Plagiarism, College Freshmen
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Newhouse, Robert C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Examined the relationship between alienation and cheating in a sample of 120 college freshmen. The study concluded that alienated students are more likely to cheat as a survival technique. Found males more likely to cheat than females although females had a very slight tendency to feel more alienation. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Cheating, College Environment, College Freshmen, Higher Education
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Partello, Peggie – Research Strategies, 1993
Presents findings from a survey of first-year students at Keene State College (New Hampshire) that focused on cheating behaviors. Highlights include a worksheet to begin a dialog on academic dishonesty; differences in cheating behavior between high school and college; motivations for cheating; and recommendations for faculty and librarians.…
Descriptors: Cheating, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education