A Case Study on Research in Engineering Education: Designing, Testing, and Administering the PACES-2 Survey on Academic Integrity

Finelli, Cynthia J.; Szwalek, Jamison L.; Carpenter, Donald D.; Harding, Trevor S.

doi:10.1109/fie.2005.1612013

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“…We followed this pilot testing with a test-retest protocol to establish the temporal stability of instrument items. The final phase of the study involved the full administration of the PACES-2 and DIT-2 survey instruments during several sessions (Finelli, Szwalek, Harding & Carpenter;.…”

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An Exploratory Investigation of the Ethical Behavior of Engineering Undergraduates

Harding

Ph.D.

Finelli

2012

J of Engineering Edu

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BACKGROUNDRecent national reports have indicated the need for an increased emphasis on the ethical development of engineering undergraduates. Despite this call for increased focus on ethical development, little is known about how engineering students make ethical decisions or how these decisions are related to personal differences and environmental influences. PURPOSE (HYPOTHESIS)This is an exploratory investigation to determine which demographic, academic, moral reasoning, and decision-making variables are predictive of the extent of test cheating among engineering undergraduates. Rather than beginning with a particular hypothesis, the study investigates predictive relationships between the variables described above and self-reported rates of test cheating among engineering undergraduates. DESIGN/METHODThree hundred and eighty eight engineering undergraduates from three Midwestern U.S. institutions completed a survey based on a modified version of the theory of planned behavior as a conceptual framework. The three institutions are of different Carnegie classifications, sizes, missions, and institutional cultures. RESULTSResults indicate that our proposed model of ethical decision-making was successful in predicting the behavioral outcome with regard to college test cheating and there were observed significant differences in the level of cheating between institutions. However, institution as a variable was not a predictive of behavior. CONCLUSIONSThe effect of institution on cheating was mitigated through other measured variables including past high school cheating, involvement in Pan-Hellenic groups, moral obligation, and perceived behavioral control. It is these underlying predictive variables that need to be addressed when engineering educators and student affairs staff consider the issue of unethical undergraduate behavior.

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An Exploratory Investigation of the Ethical Behavior of Engineering Undergraduates

Harding

Ph.D.

Finelli

2012

J of Engineering Edu

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“…The final phase of the study involved the full administration of the PACES-2 and DIT-2 survey instruments to the study populations at all three schools. A total of 1600 randomly selected students from the three institutions were recruited to participate in the final phase of the study -800 from School A, and 400 each from Schools B and C. A number of approaches were used to increase response rate as described elsewhere (Finelli et al, 2005). Response rate varied by institution -27.9% for School A, 52.0% for School B, and 24.0% for School C. All instruments and methods described here were reviewed and approved by a behavioral sciences institutional review board.…”

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The Theory of Planned Behavior as a Model of Academic Dishonesty in Engineering and Humanities Undergraduates

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“…Additional contextual influences could further increase the model's ability to predict behavior. More information about the PACES-2 Study, including detailed statistics and results, can be found in other reports published by the E 3 Team 20,29,30,39 .…”

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Academic Integrity Among Engineering Undergraduates: Seven Years Of Research By The E^3 Team

Finelli

Harding

Carpenter

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2007 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Engineering from U-M. Dr. Finelli is responsible for advising the U-M College of Engineering on educational endeavors, conducting research in engineering education, planning and facilitating workshops for faculty and graduate student instructors, and generating a community of researchers in engineering education. She is also a member of the U-M Steering Committee for the President's Ethics in Public Life Initiative and the College of Engineering's Diversity and Outreach Council. Dr. Finelli is a member of the Executive Board of the ERM Division of ASEE and was program co-chair for the 33rd Frontiers in Education Conference and for the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. She participated in a week-long, NSF-sponsored workshop on Conducting Rigorous Research in Engineering Education and was an invited participant in the NSF-sponsored Engineering Education Research Colloquy Series.

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A Case Study on Research in Engineering Education: Designing, Testing, and Administering the PACES-2 Survey on Academic Integrity

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

An Exploratory Investigation of the Ethical Behavior of Engineering Undergraduates

An Exploratory Investigation of the Ethical Behavior of Engineering Undergraduates

The Theory of Planned Behavior as a Model of Academic Dishonesty in Engineering and Humanities Undergraduates

Academic Integrity Among Engineering Undergraduates: Seven Years Of Research By The E^3 Team

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