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When Opportunity Knocks: College Students' Cheating amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Jenkins, Baylee D.; Golding, Jonathan M.; Le Grand, Alexis M.; Levi, Mary M.; Pals, Andrea M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2023
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant, unforeseen changes in classroom instructions, including the evaluation of students. Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate college students' cheating both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of (a) preponderance of cheating, (b) the factors that may have led to an…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Cheating, Student Behavior
Source Is Important when Developing a Social Norms Campaign to Combat Academic Dishonesty
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Engler, Jennifer N.; Landau, Joshua D. – Teaching of Psychology, 2011
This study examined the effect of information source on students' estimates of academic dishonesty. Undergraduates read an estimate of the incidence of academic dishonesty. Half of the participants were told that the source was a professor's study and the other half heard that the source was a student's study. Participants then estimated the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Information Sources, Cheating, Incidence
A Self-Correcting Approach to Multiple-Choice Exams Improves Students' Learning
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Grühn, Daniel; Cheng, Yanhua – Teaching of Psychology, 2014
Montepare suggested the use of a self-correcting approach to multiple-choice tests: Students first take the exam as usual, but are allowed to hand in a self-corrected version afterwards. The idea of this approach is that the additional interaction with the material may foster further learning. To examine whether such an approach actually improves…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Active Learning, Large Group Instruction
Keeping up with the Joneses: Students' Perceptions of Academically Dishonest Behavior
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Engler, Jennifer N.; Landau, Joshua D.; Epstein, Maya – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
To understand undergraduate perceptions of academic dishonesty and honor codes, our participants estimated the likelihood that they, their friends, and the average college student would plagiarize or cheat on tests. Undergraduates reported that the average college student was most likely to cheat, their friends would be less likely to cheat, and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cheating, Undergraduate Students, Ethics
Academic Dishonesty: Prevalence, Determinants, Techniques, and Punishments.
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Davis, Stephen F.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1992
Discusses results of a questionnaire asking students' opinions and experiences concerning academic cheating. Examines the prevalence, situational and dispositional determinants, and techniques of cheating. Concludes that pressures for good grades, student stress, ineffective deterrents, condoning teachers, and an increasing lack of academic…
Descriptors: Cheating, Discipline Problems, Ethics, Grades (Scholastic)
Additional Data on Academic Dishonesty and a Proposal for Remediation.
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Davis, Stephen F.; Ludvigson, H. Wayne – Teaching of Psychology, 1995
Maintains that cheating is a major concern on college campuses. Presents data from 2,153 upper-division undergraduate students on the frequency of cheating, reasons for cheating, and influence of penalties on cheating. Offers a model that develops an internalized code of ethics to counteract academic dishonesty. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cheating, Codes of Ethics, Discipline Problems, Females