How to Prevent Students from Cheating during the Midterms?

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-127
Author(s):  
Yanina Roshchina
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Gender Influence ◽  
Student Cheating ◽  
Moral Cost ◽  
Economic Faculty

Academic dishonesty, particularly cheating, is a global phenomenon that exists almost in every country. Different methods are developed to deal with student cheating. All of them can be divided into four main directions. Less investigated way is to enhance moral gravity of punishment in case of spotting a fact of cheating (moral cost enhancing). This paper examines the effect of spotting probability decrease and its relationship with moral cost enhancing. Empirical data used in the paper are based on the results of written tests taken by students of economic faculty of MSU. This fact allowed estimating the cheating probability directly instead of using traditional for such papers questionnaire survey. Different factors impacting on the cheating probability were modeled using differencein-differences econometric method. It is shown that moral gravity of punishment for cheating enhancing exerting significant negative influence on cheating probability. Furthermore, such enhancing decreases significance of academic achievement influence on cheating probability. Gender influence on cheating probability was not detected.

IMPACT OF FACEBOOK ADDICTION DISORDER (FAD) ON STUDY HABITS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ADOLESCENTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 195-207
Author(s):  
Shivani Vashishtha ◽  
Sona Ahuja ◽  
Mani Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Study Habits ◽  
Study Habit ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
Facebook Addiction ◽  
The Impact

With the present era being technology driven, social media has become an indispensable part of many people irrespective of their age. Among different age groups, the maximum users are adolescents and among different social networking sites (SNS), Facebook shares the major part of usage by them. Many adolescents are tending towards excessive usage of Facebook leading to its addiction. Does this addiction have negative influence on adolescents or it actually helps them to keep up with their counterparts and be socially connected to them for their betterment? This question is unanswered specifically when it concerns the impact that it has on the study habits and academic achievement of adolescents. The hypotheses were tested in order to explore the impact of six dimensions (mood modification, deficient self-regulations, salience, loss of control, withdrawal, and relapse) of Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD) using Bergens' Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS), developed by Andreassen (2012). The results are based on the survey conducted on 200 adolescents studying in different schools of India. The findings indicate that there is a significant negative impact of Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD) on study habits and academic achievement of adolescents. The major implication derived is that the higher the addiction to Facebook the study habit become poor and academic achievement decreases resulting in lower grades.

scholarly journals FROM TOOL-MAKING TO TOOL-USING – AND BACK: RATIONALES FOR ADOPTION AND USE OF LCC

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pernilla GLUCH ◽  
Mathias GUSTAFSSON ◽  
Henrikke BAUMANN ◽  
Göran LINDAHL
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Life Cycle Costing ◽  
Property Owners

Real estate- and property owners’ rationales behind the adoption of Life Cycle Costing (LCC) respectively how LCC is actually used in renovation projects, is investigated through empirical data from a questionnaire survey sent to managers in Swedish real estate organisations. The study shows a positive attitude towards LCC. It is perceived to as a flexible and multi-functional tool with a familiar monetary format. Nevertheless, the study also reveals simplistic and undevel-oped views of how to use LCC. While much research has focused on developing sophisticated LCC tools, the findings indicate that practitioners’ interest in these refinements seems limited. The importance of understanding that LCC is used in a context of multiple and partly competing institutional logics of renovation is emphasised. The paper contributes to a more informed research in development of LCC tools as well as better informed LCC use among real estate and property owners.

Cheating behaviour among accounting students: some Malaysian evidence

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhaiza Ismail ◽  
Salwa Hana Yussof
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Males And Females

Purpose This study aims to examine the cheating behaviour among accounting students in terms of the extent of neutralization of cheating and the effectiveness of deterrents to cheating of cheaters and non-cheaters. It also aims to examine the differences in the cheating behaviour between males and females of cheaters and non-cheaters groups. Design/methodology/approach Using a questionnaire survey on academic dishonesty developed by Haines et al. (1986) which was administered to accounting students, 435 usable responses were obtained and analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. In achieving the objectives, mean score, standard deviation and independent sample t-tests were performed. Findings The results on the extent of cheating neutralization revealed that cheaters have significantly greater excuses to cheat than the non-cheaters. In addition, males have greater neutralization for cheating than females. In terms of the effectiveness of the deterrent to cheating measures, there were significant differences between cheaters and non-cheaters on the effectiveness of two deterrents to cheating measures. The comparison between males and females reveals significant differences between the two genders for cheating neutralization as well as the three cheating deterrents for both cheaters and non-cheaters groups. Originality/value The present study does not only investigate the differences in the cheating behaviour between cheaters and non-cheaters in terms of neutralization and deterrents to cheating but also provides evidence on the cheating attitude based on gender.

scholarly journals Psychological Well-being and its Relationship with the Academic Achievement of Lithuanian Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-50
Author(s):  
Violeta Rapuano
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Significant Positive Relationship ◽  
Environmental Mastery

The present article aims to analyze the role of psychological well-being when predicting Lithuanian students’ academic achievement. The study was conducted using the quantitative method of questionnaire survey. Data of the survey were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analyses. It was found that psychological well-being and all its dimensions had a significant positive relationship with academic achievement. Furthermore, such dimensions of psychological well-being as environmental mastery and self-acceptance were found to be significant predictors of students’ academic achievement.

scholarly journals Investigating the probability of student cheating: The relevance of student characteristics,assessment items, perceptions of prevalence and history of engagement

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L Kremmer ◽  
Mark Brimble ◽  
Peta Stevenson-Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Academic Misconduct ◽  
Fundamental Issue ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Tertiary Sector ◽  
History Of ◽  
Student Cheating ◽  
Do So

Academic dishonesty is a fundamental issue in terms of the educational integrity of higher education institutions. Accordingly, there is a growing pool of literature that examines this issue. This study adds to this literature by investigating factors that may influence student engagement in academic misconduct. We examine the influence of the type of assessment items, age, gender, nationality, discipline and level of study and the students' self-reported history of cheating. Drawing from a survey of 1,057 students across four major Queensland universities, we find that a student's age, gender and nationality are useful in explaining the probability of a student cheating. Our key finding, however, suggests that the likelihood that a student will engage in any given cheating behaviour is most strongly influenced by the extent to which the student engages in other forms of cheating, supporting the notion of "once a cheat always a cheat". We conclude that more needs to be done to combat a culture of acceptance of academic dishonesty and to minimise defensive misconduct by students who otherwise might not engage in such behaviour. We suggest that university administrators devote increased resources to this issue and develop mechanisms for managing and curtailing the level of academic misconduct. A failure to do so may result in a further undermining of the academic integrity of the Australian tertiary sector.

Too Much of a Good Thing? Self-Esteem and Latinx Immigrant Youth Academic Achievement

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shim Lew ◽  
Linda Harklau
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Academic Expectations ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Mixed Messages ◽  
Educational Path

Self-esteem is often invoked in scholarly literature and popular belief alike as contributing positively to academic achievement in immigrant youth. Yet, research exploring this link is sparse and findings are mixed. This article reports on a 5-year-long ethnographic case study exploring the educational path of a college-bound Latino adolescent in one southeastern U.S. new immigrant community in which the student’s high self-esteem appeared to have a negative influence on academic achievement. The study traces how high self-esteem caused the student to disregard negative feedback regarding his academic performance and focus his attention instead on excelling in extracurricular pursuits, particularly athletics. The study also finds that educators gave mixed messages about achievement that reinforced the student’s high self-esteem but contributed to low academic expectations and outcomes. In all, it suggests the need to reexamine the assumed link between high self-esteem and academic achievement in immigrant youth and to consider individual differences.

scholarly journals Cheating in Online Courses for Financial Aid Fraud in the U.S.

2016 ◽  
pp. 116-133
Author(s):  
Robert Owen
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Past Research ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
College Administrators ◽  
Academic Cheating ◽  
Student Cheating ◽  
The U.S

This manuscript reviews issues that differentiate traditional academic cheating from course misconduct that is motivated by a desire to defraud financial aid services in the U.S. Past research on college student cheating has assumed that cheaters are driven by an incentive to obtain undeserved grades in college in order to ultimately obtain a degree. However, researchers on academic dishonesty, professors, and college administrators might not realize that online class members can include virtual "straw" students who are puppets of a financial aid fraud ring leader. Cheating behaviors of straw students differ from cheating behaviors of actual, legitimate students. This has implications for those who attempt academic dishonesty research in online environments, and it has implications for course-level professors and university administrators who are in a "should have known" position with regard to discovery of a financial aid fraud ring.

Problems of Drug Addiction Among Student-Age Population: Analysis and Ways of Counteraction

2019 ◽  
pp. 40-47
Author(s):  
O. M. Samokhvalova ◽  
A. V. Soskovets
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Population Analysis ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
Anonymous Questionnaire ◽  
Technical University

The paper deals with the problem of drug addiction in the student environment. This work is a sociological study. Students` attitude to narcotic and psychotropic substances is under examination. The method of anonymous questionnaire survey was used to collect empirical data among the students of technical university. The data on the evaluation of drug use problem among young people was obtained. An analysis of the results was performed.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF ISLAMIC SECONDARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (04) ◽  
pp. 1550052 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. NIAZ ASADULLAH
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
School Children ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Selection Effect ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
Relative Quality

Using unique survey data on rural secondary school children, this paper evaluates the relative quality of Islamic secondary schools (i.e., madrasahs) in Bangladesh. Students attending registered madrasahs fare worse in maths and English than students attending non-madrasah schools. However, failure to account for non-random sorting overestimates the negative influence of madrasahs on student’s achievement. Evidence on the magnitude of this bias is presented. Once selection effect is taken into account, the madrasah’s disadvantage in English is small while that in maths becomes insignificant. Given the overall low level of achievement, this suggests that madrasah students perform just as poorly as those from non-madrasah schools in rural Bangladesh.

scholarly journals AN ATTEMPT TO ASSESS WOMEN'S KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CAESAREAN SECTION IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-245
Author(s):  
Patrycja Zielińska ◽  
Inga Janik ◽  
Martyna Maciejewska ◽  
Olimpia Sipak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Caesarean Section ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Percentage Increase ◽  
Cesarean Sections ◽  
Professional Liability ◽  
Natural Birth ◽  
Main Factor

Introduction: In last year the proportion of caesarean sections constantly growing. The aim: To evaluate the knowledge in the questionnaire survey of women about the Caesarean section. Materials and methods: 1462 women in age 18-57 were tested by the method of diagnostic survey. The tool of research was own survey composed of 26 question. Results: Among 1462 of women, which was poll, 79,6% described anxiety as the main factor to make a decision to have a caesarean section. The most frequently mentioned disease in 93,6%, which may appear among women after surgery were adhesions, while a delay of lactation in 59,36% has a negative influence on newborn children. Conclusions: 1. The percentage increase of elective caesarean sections is related to the extension of procedures related to psychiatric indications. However, most women, still prefer a natural birth because of safety for the mother and the child. 2. The awareness of women with higher education causes a higher percentage of cesarian sections, because of the greater anxiety about their own health, health of the newborn and safety of a natural birth. 3. Women in a reproductive age should have access to literature and antenatal schools, but also to psychoeducational meetings and a detailed discussion on this subject of both forms of delivery. 4. Increasing the number of cesarean sections to avoid criminal, civil and professional liability contributes to the increase of awareness and claims and by the knowledge of the law by the society.

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