The Internet, coupled with technology, has enabled institutions of higher learning to offer online distance education classes to a worldwide student body at an increasing rate. In the next 5 years it is estimated that nearly 90% of universities will offer online classes. Unfortunately, the news is not all that good. Students are now cheating at an…

Academic dishonesty is an issue of concern for teachers, students, and institutions of higher education. Because students and faculty do not interact directly in web-based classes, it is often perceived that cheating will be more abundant in these classes. Using data from a survey administered to students who had an online course during the 2001…

Assesses whether faculty members and students consider specific behaviors cheating. This study differs from previous research in that it allows students and faculty to indicate conditions that may influence their opinions regarding the integrity of academic practices. Argues that it is imperative that faculty members, advisors, and counselors…

This document is a revision of the original "Ten Principles," that were published in 1997, along with work on modified honor codes. Modified honor codes have encouraged students to take the lead in setting higher ethical standards for their peers.

Although reports of academic cheating are abundant, there are relatively few papers in the literature that focus on cheating in the context of science courses and even fewer that address dishonest practices, such as "cooking" or fudging data, within the classroom laboratory. This paper briefly reviews the existing literature on academic dishonesty…

The 10th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2017) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Optics Velley Kingdom Plaza Hotel, Wuhan, Hubei Province, in China. This years conference features two invited talks by: Dr. Jie Tang, Associate Professor with the Department of Computer…

The authors examine student cheating based on implicit and explicit definitions of cheating. Prior to being provided a definition of cheating, students reported whether they had cheated. Students were then provided a definition of cheating and asked to rereport their cheating behaviors. Results indicate that students do not understand what…

Marketing students and faculty members completed a survey on their attitudes toward cheating behaviors. Forty-nine percent of the students stated that they had cheated at school. Results show an inverse relationship between the frequency of the occurrence of cheating and the person's judgment of the severity of the cheating behavior. (CH)

Discusses a study to determine students' perceptions of their own and their peers' attitudes and behavior. Specifically gathered empirical data that will shed light on the manifestation of unethical behavior--cheating. (JOW)

The suggestions offered in this article are about what to do with students who cheat and to discuss in a deeper way than usually occurs the various possible consequences of cheating and to compare them with the advantages of cheating. (Author/RK)

This book is organized as a practical guide for educators and parents who want to reduce cheating and plagiarizing. Ideas and strategies to counter other high-tech and more traditional "low-tech" cheating and plagiarism in K-12 schools come from dozens of authors and educators. References to online and print resources can be useful at…

Cheating can be stopped by removing the incentives for cheating such as grades and degree requirements. (HS)

Points out how student cheating illustrates sound principles of teaching and learning, such as negotiation, quality production under time pressure, and collaborative problem solving. (SR)

Student plagiarism is an important topic of discussion in the teaching profession. Part of the profession mission should be to help classroom teachers improve the quality of their research assignment (whether they want to or not).

The similar problems faced by the physics and chemistry teachers are described. The issue of cheating on tests in the classroom can be addressed by the teachers by comparing methods for monitoring the classroom behavior.