Academic Honesty and Its Relationship to Moral Development Among University Students

Abstract

The aim of the research was to identify 1- Speech honesty among university students. 2- Significance of statistical differences for academic honesty according to the variable (sex, specialization) 3- Moral development among university students. 4- Significance of statistical differences for moral development according to the variable of gender, specialization) 5-The statistically significant relationship between academic honesty and moral development among university students. To achieve the objectives of the research, the researcher adopted the following: - The researcher built the academic honesty scale according to the definition and theory (Kaplan & Maehr) (2007), as well as adopting and translating the moral development scale (Conway & Love, 2016) 9 Also, adopting and translating the moral development scale ( Conway & Love, 2016). The researcher applied the scale to a sample of (300) students, with (195) males and (105) females for year r2022-2023 and the results were as follows: 1. Undergraduate students have academic honesty. 2- There are no statistically significant differences in moral development according to the variable (sex) and there are significant differences academic specialization 3- University students enjoy moral development. 4-are no statistically significant differences in moral development according to the variable of specialization (sex). 5- There is a correlation between academic honesty and moral development among university students.