Academic Dishonesty in Islamic Primary Schools

Academic dishonesty in nursing schools: an empirical investigation.

Academic dishonesty, whether in the form of plagiarism or cheating on tests, has received renewed attention in the past few decades as pervasive use of the Internet and a presumed deterioration of ethics in the current generation of students has led some, perhaps many, to conclude that academic dishonesty is reaching epidemic proportions. What is lacking in many cases, including in the nursing ...

Investigating Academic Dishonesty with Concrete Measures

Our recent research revealed two predictors of multiple-choice exam cheating: subclinical psychopathy and poor verbal ability. However, the extent to which individual difference variables predict plagiarism on term papers remains untested. Such research is now possible using the widely used plagiarism detector called Turn-It-In. We collected such objective measures of both plagiarism and multip...

Academic dishonesty, ethical norms and learning

The prevalence of academic dishonesty in Texas dental hygiene programs.

The media has given much attention to the academic cheating crisis in America. A majority of college students believe that, in today's global environment, it is necessary to cheat in order to get ahead and to compete with their peers. The prevalence and attitudes concerning academic dishonesty of health professions students, including those in medical, dental, and nursing schools, have been ext...

Students ’ Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty in the Chemistry

Although the literature on both academic dishonesty and scientific misconduct is extensive, research on academic dishonesty has focused on quizzes, exams, and papers, with the virtual exclusion of the classroom laboratory. This study examined the distinctions undergraduate chemistry majors made between academic dishonesty in the classroom laboratory and scientific misconduct in the research lab...