Do undergraduate students perceive that it is more acceptable to ‘cheat’ using information technology (IT) than it is to cheat without the use of IT? Do business discipline-related majors cheat more than nonbusiness discipline-related majors? Do undergraduate students perceive it to be more acceptable for them personally to cheat than for others to cheat? Questionnaires were administered to und...

The concept of an animal welfare (AW) judging contest was presented at the 2001 International Society of Applied Ethology by Heleski, Zanella, and Pajor. The purpose was (and is) to promote concepts of AW science and behavior to undergraduate students using the model of traditional livestock judging. The first AWJAC was held at MSU in 2002 (18 participants, 4 teams, 4 universities). The 2010 co...

Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the level depression university students and evaluating its relationship with Body Mass Index (BMI). Methods: In correlation study, a questionnaire 18 questions (age, gender, department, meal consumption, cigarette-alcohol usage) questioning demographic information eating habits. “Beck Depression” inventory was conducted voluntarily 800 under...

Evidence showing that on average left-handed (L), who are 10% in a population, tend to earn less than others is solely based on survey data. This paper is the first to test the relationship between handedness and earnings experimentally and also to assess whether the mechanism underlying it is predominantly cognitive or psychological. Data on 432 undergraduate students show that L do not obtain...

BACKGROUND Self-directed learning (SDL) is expected of health science graduates; it is thus a learning outcome in many pre-certification programs. Previous research identified age, gender, discipline and prior education as associated with variations in students' self-directed learning readiness (SDLR). Studies in other fields also propose personality as influential. METHOD This study investig...

Although active learning works, promoting it in large undergraduate science classes is difficult. Here, three students (F. Naji, L. Salci, and G. Hoit) join their teacher (P. K. Rangachari) in describing one such attempt. Two cohorts in a first-year undergraduate biology course explored the molecular underpinnings of human misbehavior. Students were divided into 18 groups and randomly allotted ...

BACKGROUND In the USA, the postponement of childbearing reflects contemporary social norms of delaying marriage, pursing educational goals and securing economic stability prior to attempting conception. Although university students are more likely to delay childbearing, it is unclear to what extent they are aware of age-related fertility decline. The current study is the first of its kind to as...

Although four-handed dentistry is routine in most dental practices in the United States, solo unassisted clinical practice is the norm for students at many North American dental schools. The objective of this study was to compare the clinical productivity of fourth-year dental students practicing in a four-handed model to the clinical productivity of those same fourth-year dental students pract...

Computer games, which are currently very popular among students, can affect different cognitive abilities. The purpose of the present study is to examine undergraduate students’ experiences and preferences in playing computer games as well as their mental rotation abilities. A total of 163 undergraduate students participated. The results showed a significant difference between students’ mental ...