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N. Elaine Johnson Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative descriptive study aimed to examine veteran high school teachers' perspectives concerning dishonesty in the classroom, teachers and administrative management, and the role of moral leaders in an environment where dishonest behavior occurs. These three objectives aided this investigator in forming and guiding the research questions.…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Ethics
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Johansen, Mikkel Willum; Goddiksen, Mads Paludan; Centa, Mateja; Clavien, Christine; Gefenas, Eugenijus; Globokar, Roman; Hogan, Linda; Merit, Marcus Tang; Nielsen, Soren Saxmose; Olsson, I. Anna S.; Poskute, Margarita; Quinn, Una; Santos, Júlio Borlido; Santos, Rita; Schöpfer, Céline; Strahovnik, Vojko; Wall, P. J.; Sandoe, Peter; Lund, Thomas Boker – International Journal for Educational Integrity, 2022
Plagiarism and other transgressions of the norms of academic integrity appear to be a persistent problem among upper secondary students. Numerous surveys have revealed high levels of infringement of what appear to be clearly stated rules. Less attention has been given to students' understanding of academic integrity, and to the potential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Integrity, Cheating
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Silvia Sierra-Martínez; María-Esther Martínez-Figueira; María Dolores Castro Pais; Teresa Pessoa – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
Academic integrity is part of the process that explains the communication of information in an ethical manner. Although the prevalence of dishonest acts at university has been noted, it is an aim of the educational system to analyse what motivates them from an age prior to their incorporation into university studies. The aim of this work is to…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Photography, Participatory Research, High School Students
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Prince Agwu; Charles T. Orjiakor; Aloysius Odii; Chinyere Onalu; Chidi Nzeadibe; Pallavi Roy; Obinna Onwujekwe; Uzoma Okoye – Oxford Review of Education, 2024
The importance placed on passing Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) in Nigeria has led to the emergence of 'Miracle Examination Centres' (MECs). MECs are schools where candidates get undeserving excellent SSCE results through institutionally enabled malpractice. This undermines the Nigerian education sector and its leadership.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations, Ethics, Certification
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Erguvan, Inan Deniz – International Journal for Educational Integrity, 2022
The purpose of this study is to understand student perceptions towards plagiarism and identify some factors influencing their plagiarist behaviour to be able to develop successful strategies to promote academic integrity and prevent plagiarism. Although academic dishonesty and plagiarism have been investigated by many researchers, psychometric…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Student Attitudes, Integrity, Prevention
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Edwards, Alexander Kyei – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2019
This was a causal comparative study to investigate the causality of 'ex post-facto' variables: moral reasoning (MR) and cheating behaviour (CB) and their associational effect on the authenticity of examination results among Senior High School (SHS) students (N=2,520). Two different data sets were derived from (i) a survey questionnaire with one MR…
Descriptors: Cheating, Moral Issues, Integrity, Credibility
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MacLeod, Paul Douglas; Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2020
This study investigated faculty attitudes towards student violations of academic integrity in Canada using a qualitative review of 17 universities' academic integrity/dishonesty policies combined with a quantitative survey of faculty members' (N=412) attitudes and behaviours around academic integrity and dishonesty. Results showed that 53.1% of…
Descriptors: Cheating, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Policy
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Udim, Davies Kelvin; Abukar, Umar; Essien, Joshua Otobong – Research in Pedagogy, 2018
There is a decline in the quality of graduates from secondary schools in Nigeria. A situation where some secondary school graduates cannot write a very good letter is a cause for concern. Secondary School teachers, parents and the society have always complained about the quality of school products. All these are alarming signals which portends…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Ethics, Cheating
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Rettinger, David A. – Theory Into Practice, 2017
Given that students at secondary and postsecondary levels believe that certain behaviors are morally wrong and consider them cheating, they still perform them, albeit infrequently. This article examines the psychology of cheating, emphasizing individual psychological factors that influence integrity behavior. From this research, strategies to…
Descriptors: Cheating, Prevention, Emotional Problems, Student Attitudes
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Burbidge, Tamsin; Hamer, Rebecca – Journal of International Students, 2020
Much of the existing research on academic integrity surveys students. This study compares survey responses of students, teachers, and school administrators from schools in 76 countries worldwide. The surveys addressed their knowledge, understanding, and attitudes toward academic honesty, how it is taught at their school, as well as school…
Descriptors: Ethics, Integrity, Comparative Analysis, Teacher Attitudes
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Kaktinš, Louise – Ethics and Education, 2019
Australian universities are grappling with the challenge of plagiarism among students, particularly international students, with a reliance on software such as Turnitin. Measuring plagiarism in this way has limitations, with consequences for the internalisation of academic integrity by international students. An appraisal of such software…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computational Linguistics, Writing Evaluation, Cheating
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Stephens, Jason M. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2019
Epidemic is an apt adjective for describing the problem of academic dishonesty. When asked if they have cheated in the past year, a "disproportionately large number" (i.e., the majority) of secondary and tertiary students in the United States (and in every other country in which it's been studied) report having done so. The problem of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Cheating, Incidence, Moral Development
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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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Stephens, Jason M.; Wangaard, David B. – International Journal for Educational Integrity, 2016
For anyone concerned about students' moral development, academic dishonesty presents a pervasive problem but also a promising possibility. The present paper describes the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of process-oriented, four-component model approach to promoting students' "moral functioning" related to academic integrity, and…
Descriptors: Seminars, Moral Development, Integrity, Cheating
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McAllister, Charles; Watkins, Paul – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2012
Middle and secondary schools have increasingly offered distance-learning classes as a means of meeting diverse student needs and curriculum requirements while using instructional and budget resources efficiently. Little emphasis has been placed on the readiness of students to participate and succeed in these less conventional learning…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Distance Education, Integrity, Middle School Students
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