Cybercheats: Is Information and Communication Technology Fuelling Academic Dishonesty?

Autor/inn/en	Szabo, Attila; Underwood, Jean
Titel	Cybercheats: Is Information and Communication Technology Fuelling Academic Dishonesty?
Quelle	In: Active Learning in Higher Education the Journal of the Institute for Learning and Teaching, 5 (2004) 2, S.180-199 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1469-7874
DOI	10.1177/1469787404043815
Schlagwörter	Internet; Plagiarism; Ethics; Anxiety; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Gender Differences; Questionnaires + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Plagiat; Ethik; Angst; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Fragebogen
Abstract	This study investigated the attitudes and beliefs of 291 science students at a large university in the UK about plagiarism involving the Internet. Students from seven undergraduate classes, ranging from Year 1 to Year 3, completed a 12-item questionnaire anonymously, but in the presence of the investigator and a host lecturer. The results revealed that more than 50 percent of the students indicated an acceptance of using the Internet for academically dishonest activities. Males and first- and second-year students took a more liberal view about academic dishonesty than females and third-year students. Guilt and moral reasoning were significant factors in forming attitudes towards plagiarism. The alarming figures disclosed here are a call for preventative action to curtail students' academically dishonest activities through the Internet. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10