Cheating: limits of individual integrity

Reducing Cheating Chances by Involving Critical Thinking Skills within the Assessments: Students’ Perspective

“…Implementing some specific requirement that was considered to minimize the students' pressure should be put into action. By knowing some noble behavior from the ability of thinking critically, the pressure to cheat would be eliminated by the students themselves [34] [35]. The skills in CT required the students to get used to broaden their perspectives as well as honor their own opinions by keep practicing the capability in analysing and reasoning.…”

Generational Differences among Community College Students in their Evaluation of Academic Cheating

“…Qualitative investigations. A few qualitative studies have been reported, focusing on the motivations, justifications, and thought processes o f those who admitted to academic cheating (Johnston, 1996;McCabe, Trevino & Butterfield, 1999;Wright, 2004 (Johnston, 1996, p. 168). The college students that Johnston studied in 1996 were likely members o f Generation X (a senior level seminar class, most students probably born between [1972][1973][1974][1975], and this conclusion will ring true as generational differences in attitudes and values are described below.…”

“…Generation Xers have been characterized as individualistic and assertive, taking personal responsibility for the development o f the skills needed for employability, and they are seen as likely to continue to seek new career options throughout their lives (Smith, 2006 (Manolis, Levin, & Dahlstrom, 1997), and have generally developed a reputation for being streetwise, savvy, and anti-institutional; having developed "a seasoned talent for getting the most out o f a bad hand.. ..they know how to win" (Howe & Strauss, 1991, p. 334). As described above, working with Gen Xers in her qualitative study on cheating, Johnston (1996) concluded that these students had been taught about individual achievement and responsibility, but not about collective responsibility.…”

When a Student Blows the Whistle (on Himself)

“…A major reason offered by many for why academic dishonesty is a serious concern is that it demonstrates a lack of personal integrity (Johnston, 1996). Of course, the attempt to commit fraud or cheat is not only a recent phenomenon.…”

“…However defined, academic dishonesty has long been recognized as a problem in education and research (Kibler, 1994;Maramark & Maline, 1993;Noah & Eckstein, 2001). A major reason offered by many for why academic dishonesty is a serious concern is that it demonstrates a lack of personal integrity (Johnston, 1996). Of course, the attempt to commit fraud or cheat is not only a recent phenomenon.…”