Although the exponential growth of the Internet has made it easier than ever to carry out plagiarism, it has also made it much easier to detect. This paper gives an overview of the many different methods of detecting web-based plagiarism which are currently available, assessing practical matters such as cost, functionality and performance.…

A statistical test for the detection of answer copying on multiple-choice tests is presented. The test is based on the idea that the answers of examinees to test items may be the result of three possible processes: (1) knowing, (2) guessing, and (3) copying, but that examinees who do not have access to the answers of other examinees can arrive at…

This article summarizes the major categories of ethical violations encountered during submission, review, and publication of scientific articles. We discuss data fabrication and falsification, plagiarism, redundant and duplicate publication, conflict of interest, authorship, animal and human welfare, and reviewer responsibility. In each section,…

This paper reviews the literature relative to academic dishonesty in WBDE settings assuming the average class size to be 30-50 students with the instructor filling the role of facilitator, concept expert, grader and mentor when necessary. It shows that some common stereotypes about academic integrity and WBDE are unsubstantiated. In addition, it…

If frequiency of e-mail distribution is any indication, college professors and administrators indeed took notice of last fall's article in the New York Times, "A Campus Fad That's Being Copied: Internet Plagiarism" (Rimer 2003), on Rutgers Professor Donald L. McCabe's recent study of cheating in college and universities. Four copies of the…

This study uses students' evaluations of a hypothetical situation to assess their beliefs about other students' decisions to cheat on an exam. Participants read a vignette describing an examination in which the protagonist has the opportunity to cheat. The description of the vignette's protagonist was manipulated with respect to his perceived…

In this article, the author explores the reasons why students engage in plagiarism. Students perceive plagiarism to be standard practice at their college. They believe that any means to a good grade are legitimate. He further asserts that students plagiarize in ways that are extremely easy to catch. They cut and paste without thinking to cover…

Student cheating has been the subject of much despair and considerable research in higher education. Although cheating is recognized as a concern for community colleges, little research examines cheating specifically in these institutions. Because community colleges typically serve students representing a wide diversity of ages, community college…

This book was written in response to feedback from volunteer teachers who feel that the time spent dealing with classroom management issues detracts from the time they spend actually teaching the content. Volunteers and staff members provided practical strategies for dealing with the most commonly reported challenges. Chapters include teaching in…

When examinees are allowed to review responses on an adaptive test, can they "cheat" the adaptive algorithm in order to take an easier test and improve their performance? Theoretically, deliberately answering items incorrectly will lower the examinee ability estimate and easy test items will be administered. If review is then allowed,…

This research paper critiques the philosophical basis, developmental appropriateness, and effectiveness of a school honor system and questions whether a school honor system is still an appropriate tool for character instruction in the twenty-first century. Characteristics which induce a subculture of academic deceit, as well as attributes which…

Concern about academic cheating in the schools has been persistently expressed in the scholarly and mass media literature for several decades. Much of this concern derives from studies that show cheating as a widespread problem in American schools, behavior that clearly runs counter to the ethic of intellectual honesty. In this study cognitions…

A 13-item questionnaire was administered to 287 engineering students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to obtain information about their grade point average, financial assistance, membership in honorary societies, living arrangements, sex, and frequency and type of cheating on homework assignments and tests. Also included were four questions…

The viability of interactive video as a method of individualizing instruction was studied using classroom management situations dealing with cheating as the program content. Students completing the program were to select the correct statement about the observed student behavior in brief video scenes, the teacher action appropriate to that…

Guidelines to prevent fraud and abuse in the government's student aid programs are presented for schools, lenders, and guarantee agencies. Student aid fraud is defined as intentional wrongful obtaining of student financial assistance (SFA) benefits through deceptive means. It is noted that falsification of eligibility is the most common form of…