ICT Facilitated Access to Information and Undergraduates' Cheating Behaviours

Autor/inn/en	Trushell, John; Byrne, Kevin; Hassan, Nasima
Titel	ICT Facilitated Access to Information and Undergraduates' Cheating Behaviours
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 63 (2013), S.151-159 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2012.12.006
Schlagwörter	Access to Information; Information Technology; Internet; Undergraduate Students; Cheating; Plagiarism; Student Behavior; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationstechnologie; Prellen; Plagiat; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	This paper describes an illuminative small-scale study that featured a survey instrument, distributed to 66 undergraduate students of Education and social science. The investigation concerned students' use of ICT--including a virtual learning environment and the Internet--and students' engagement in lecturer impressing strategies and cheating behaviours such as plagiarism. Analysis of data discerned a number of age related behaviours, e.g. younger respondents engaged in social and leisure activities on the Internet significantly more frequently and demonstrated a greater tendency to engage in certain lecturer impressing strategies. However, generally, indicators of ICT usage and overall lecturer impressing strategies and cheating behaviours showed no significant differences by age of respondent. The findings would not support the contention that younger students use ICT more frequently or engage in cheating behaviours disproportionately. Inferences are tentatively drawn for further research and for academic practices. (Contains 2 figures and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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