Academic Cheating in School: A Process of Dissonance Between Knowledge and Conduct

Abstract

Academic cheating behavior in schools have (r = -.0.096, p = 0.260) and between knowledge of cheating behavior with the behavior appearance (r = -0.08, p = 0.925). However, there was a difference on the appearance of plagiarizing behavior reviewed from the knowledge of plagiarism (F = 2.303, p = 0.038) while there was no difference on cheating behavior reviewed from the knowledge of cheating (F = 1.18, p = 0.355). This showed that the frequency of students conducting cheating or plagiarizing behavior was not merely based on their level of knowledge.

Academic cheating in Ethiopian secondary schools: Prevalence, perceived severity, and justifications

“…The findings of this study have vividly demonstrated that there is a high prevalence of academic cheating among high school students. The 80.5% of the prevalence rate found in this study is in line with findings worldwide (e.g., Decoo & Colpaert, 2002;Galloway, 2012;Jensen et al, 2002;McCabe et al, 2001;Pramadi et al, 2017;Šimić Šašić & Klarin, 2009). Academic cheating behaviors of "copying answers from nearby friends"; 'let others to copy mine; "taking crib notes to exam halls"; "whispering answers to nearby friends" and 'giving answers to friends by signals were found to be the top five forms of cheating in which majority of students reported to engage in actively.…”

“…Consistent with this finding, McCabe (2001) andO'Rourke et al (2010) reported that copying from student exam papers and allowing other student to copy is the most common type of cheating students admitted to engage in. A recent study by Pramadi et al (2017) also found out that copying answers from friends are the most common cheating in high schools. Well performing students also seems willing to support their friends cheat (Stevenson-Clarke & Brimble, 2007).…”

Lack of ethics or lack of knowledge? European upper secondary students’ doubts and misconceptions about integrity issues

“…35 for an overview). Comparable levels of dishonesty among upper secondary students have been reported from several other countries, including Spain (Sureda-Negre et al 2015 ), Indonesia (Pramadi et al 2017 ) and Slovenia (Šorgo et al 2015 ). Widespread cheating and corruption has been reported among Cambodian secondary students (Brehm 2016 ), while a survey of Taiwanese students reported markedly lower levels of plagiarism (Chang et al 2015 ).…”

The relationship between accounting students’ moral development and narcissism on academic fraud

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