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Williams, Leslie K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Research indicates that approximately 70% of college students engage in some form of cheating (Austin, Simpson, & Reynen, 2005; Bowers, 1964; Leming; 1978; McCabe & Trevino, 1993, 1996; McCabe, Trevino, & Butterfield, 2001a). College students overwhelmingly agree that cheating is morally wrong; yet, their actions are not reflective of…
Descriptors: Cheating, Research Design, Moral Development, Undergraduate Students
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Juujarvi, Soile; Myyry, Liisa; Pesso, Kaija – Journal of Moral Education, 2010
The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between care and justice reasoning, dispositional empathy variables and meta-ethical thinking among 128 students from a university of applied sciences. The measures were Skoe's Ethic of Care Interview, the Defining Issues Test, Davis's Interpersonal Reactivity Index and Meta-Ethical…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Perspective Taking, Ethics, Empathy
Gielen, Uwe P.; And Others – Moral Education Forum, 1992
Presents a study in which students from Kuwait were given Rest's Defining Issues Test (DIT) to measure the development of moral judgment skills. Explains that results were compared with scales measuring student perception of parental behavior. Concludes that the DIT may not be a valid test for development of moral judgment in an Arab culture. (DK)
Descriptors: Arabs, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Ethical Instruction