Perceptions Of Cheating Research Articles

Beyond CheatBots: Examining Tensions in Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions of Cheating and Learning with ChatGPT

As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into educational technologies, teachers and students must acquire new forms of AI literacy, including an understanding of responsible use of AI. In this study, we explored tensions in teachers’ and students’ opinions about what constitutes learning and cheating with AI. Using qualitative methods, we asked Pre-K through postsecondary writing teachers (n = 16) and a linguistically diverse group of students (n = 12) to consider examples of how students might use ChatGPT, rank them in order of how much they thought each student learned and cheated, and explain their rankings. Our study yielded three findings. First, teachers and students used similar criteria to determine their rankings. Second, teachers and students arrived at similar conclusions about learning with ChatGPT but different conclusions about cheating. Finally, disagreements centered on four main tensions between (1) using ChatGPT as a shortcut versus as a scaffold; (2) using ChatGPT to generate ideas versus language; (3) getting support from ChatGPT versus analogous support from other sources; and (4) learning from ChatGPT versus learning without. These findings underscore the importance of student voice in co-constructing norms around responsible AI use.

Perceptions of Cheating and Doping in E-Cycling.

E-cycling is a growing area of cycling appealing to competitive cyclists and fitness enthusiasts. Zwift is the most popular e-cycling platform, with approx. 1 million subscribers and is a virtual environment that hosts regular races, including the UCI e-cycling world championships. The popularity of Zwift has given rise to cases of cheating and hacking the system to gain an advantage in e-racing. As a result, some high-profile professional riders have faced bans. We set out to understand the thoughts and concerns e-cyclists have about cheating, hacking, and doping in e-cycling. A total of 337 females and 1130 males were recruited over a 7-week period via social networking sites to complete an online survey. Forty-four per cent had experienced cheating during e-racing, which made them feel angry, annoyed, disappointed, and cheated. However, 15% of those who experienced cheating said they did not care, possibly because many see e-racing as a game or training tool rather than a competitive event. Eighty-seven per cent of participants were in favour of enforcing a ban on cheaters in e-cycling, while 34% wanted cheaters to be banned during in-person cycling events too. Results indicate that many e-cyclists have experienced cheating and would like clearer rules and bans for cheaters during e-races.

“Is It Legit, To You?”. An Exploration of Players’ Perceptions of Cheating in a Multiplayer Video Game: Making Sense of Uncertainty

Cheating is a major concern for any gaming environment, but effective solutions are still far from being found. Previous research has overlooked the social complexity of current video games and the role that technology may have in determining the cheating practices. In this article, we explore how cheating unfolds within Call of Duty: Warzone through a digital ethnography, analyzing the perspectives of both amateur players and video game streamers and how technology shapes the cheating phenomenon. We highlight that players’ perception of cheating depends on the “social role” of the cheater. Moreover, the technological sophistication of cheats makes them uncertain in the players’ eyes, contributing to the spreading of mutual suspicion and surveillance practices. Based on these findings, we offer a novel understanding of cheating as a sort of black box that only a few individuals are able to decipher, and several design considerations addressing the cheating practices in contemporary games.

Students’ Perceptions of and Behaviors Toward Cheating in Online Education

Online education is pushing universities to search for technologies that can support e-assessment. Opinions and behaviors of stakeholders are required in order to develop such technologies. This paper underlines the need for mechanisms to prevent cheating and increase security, by analyzing the differences between students' perceptions of cheating and the acts of academic dishonesty they commit, contributing to fill a gap in the literature on cheating behaviors in online education. The research questions are: RQ1) Are students aware of what constitutes cheating in online education? RQ2) Do students believe that an e-authentication system may increase their security and prevent cheating? RQ3) Would the use of an e-authentication system for assessment increase students' trust? RQ4) What are students' real cheating behaviors? 154 students taking an online course from the Computer Engineering and Telecommunications degree consented to participate in the study. The research instruments were two surveys, and two tools of the course (an intelligent tutoring system and an image plagiarism detection tool). Results show that the fact students know an e-authentication and authoring system is used may prevent cheating and make students feel more confident. The findings have significant implications for institutions interested in e-assessment secure systems.

An observational study of engineering online education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic compelled the global and abrupt conversion of conventional face-to-face instruction to the online format in many educational institutions. Urgent and careful planning is needed to mitigate negative effects of pandemic on engineering education that has been traditionally content-centered, hands-on and design-oriented. To enhance engineering online education during the pandemic, we conducted an observational study at California State University, Long Beach (one of the largest and most diverse four-year university in the U.S.). A total of 110 faculty members and 627 students from six engineering departments participated in surveys and answered quantitative and qualitative questions to highlight the challenges they experienced during the online instruction in Spring 2020. Our results identified various issues that negatively influenced the online engineering education including logistical/technical problems, learning/teaching challenges, privacy and security concerns and lack of sufficient hands-on training. For example, more than half of the students indicated lack of engagement in class, difficulty in maintaining their focus and Zoom fatigue after attending multiple online sessions. A correlation analysis showed that while semi-online asynchronous exams were associated with an increase in the perceived cheating by the instructors, a fully online or open-book/open-note exams had an association with a decrease in instructor’s perception of cheating. To address various identified challenges, we recommended strategies for educational stakeholders (students, faculty and administration) to fill the tools and technology gap and improve online engineering education. These recommendations are practical approaches for many similar institutions around the world and would help improve the learning outcomes of online educations in various engineering subfields. As the pandemic continues, sharing the results of this study with other educators can help with more effective planning and choice of best practices to enhance the efficacy of online engineering education during COVID-19 and post-pandemic.

Scrutinizing Cheating Behavior among EFL Students at Islamic Higher Education Institutions in Indonesia

Cheating has been a significant issue over the years throughout the world, including in Indonesian Higher Education. In this study, we aimed to explore students’ perceptions of cheating, the practices they engage in when they cheat, the factors influencing their behavior, and possible solutions to stop cheating in the context of Islamic Higher Education. This mixed methods research involved 43 undergraduate students in the Department of English Language Education of two Islamic Higher Education institutions: The University of Muhammadiyah Aceh and Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Ar-Raniry Darussalam, Banda Aceh - Indonesia. A questionnaire comprising demographic and cheating related questions was emailed to students taking the subject, Ilmu Akidah (Theology). This subject is a third-semester optional subject offered to students at both universities. The subject covers issues about ethics, morals, good Muslim citizenship, and other universal Islamic values. Eight students were interviewed to seek their opinions about cheating in the context of Islamic education and to suggest ways to stop cheating at their university. Survey findings indicated the prevalence of cheating among these Islamic university students during their studies reached 84%, with the most common cheating practices including requesting/exchanging answers with friends during exams, duplicating texts from the internet/books and then submitting them, and cooperating with friends in doing individual assignments. The underlying issues involved external factors (i.e., exam difficulty, overloaded assignments, inadequate time for finishing assignments, and assisting friends) and internal factors (i.e., fear of low grades and failure in exams, and motivation for gaining high scores). Sixteen percent of the students claiming that they never cheated because of their religious/moral awareness, a sense of accomplishment in their own ability, and fear of academic sanctions suggestions for preventing cheating are shared along with a discussion of cheating within Islamic higher education. An important finding from the interviews was many students believed cheating was sinful and those who cheat must repent. The paper concludes with a discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of conducting mixed methods research to answer these questions and adding a set of interviews to the survey instrument.

Innovative Approaches to Cheating: An Exploration of Examination Cheating Techniques among Tertiary Students

The prevalence and surge in academic cheating indicate that students are finding innovative techniques to cheat during examinations. This problem has left invigilators and academic stakeholders wondering how students manage to cheat during exams. With a qualitative approach, this study sought to explore the techniques used by students during examinations. Data were gathered from students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The findings revealed that the innovative techniques used by students were sitting arrangements, use of body parts, entry of foreign materials, and the use of technology. Students devised these techniques due to their perception of cheating and also poor institutional mechanism, which provided a favourable ground for cheating. We, therefore, argue that, to curtail academic cheating, not only should educational authorities and academic stakeholders improve institutional mechanism to prevent cheating, as it is the case, but also, a conscious effort should be made to alter student’s perception of cheating.

Muhasebe Öğrencilerinin Hile Algısı: Kayseri Üniversitesi Örneği

İşletmelerin faaliyetleriyle ilgili amaçlarına ulaşmasında, en büyük engel, yapılan hilelerdir. Bu kapsamda işletmelerin en fazla zarara uğradığı ve ortaya çıkarılmasının güç olduğu hileler, muhasebe hileleridir. Hile ile mücadele işletmeler için büyük önem arz etmektedir. Etkin mücadele yöntemlerinin belirlenebilmesi için hile algısı değerlendirmeleri ile başlamak gerekmektedir. Araştırmada muhasebe öğrenimi gören öğrencilerin hile eğilimini değerlendirmek üzere anket yöntemi ile veriler toplanmış ve elde edilen bulgular analizlerle yorumlanmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre, öğrencilerin hile eğilimi düşük seviyede belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca yapılan istatistiki analizler sonucu, aileleriyle iyi ilişkileri olan, tek kardeş olan ve inançlı olan öğrencilerin hile eğilimi daha düşük olarak belirlenmiştir.

Students’ Perception of Cheating and the Best Time to Cheat During Examinations

This study presents a sociological overview of cheating, using sociological theories of deviance as an analytical lens in exploring the concept of cheating among university students in a public university in Ghana. This study used semi-structured interviews to collect data from undergraduate students. This study has revealed that both students and school authorities have their own constructs of what constitute an acceptable behavior during examinations. If students interpret and label some forms of communication in the exam as “team work, helping and a source of motivation”, it may explain the persistence of these forms of actions among students, irrespective of the deviant label put on it and measures put in place by school authorities to address it. Using this understanding as a basis, we argue that students will likely follow university instituted norms about examinations if they are made to understand clearly how following these norms is relevant and will benefit both their academic and future well-being. In doing so, the university must do more than simply making available the student’s guide handbook which specifies examination regulations.

Use of the Social Cognitive Theory to Frame University Students’ Perceptions of Cheating

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the perceptions related to ethics and cheating among a representative sample of primarily female undergraduate students, compared to trends reported in the literature. Focus groups were organized to discuss nine scripted questions. Transcripts and audiotapes were analyzed and four main themes emerged: demographics of those who cheat, students’ perceptions of cheating, the role of technology in cheating, and consequences of cheating, including students’ attitudes and behaviors related to reporting cheating incidents. Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) served as the theoretical framework to understand students’ varying perceptions of and justification for cheating, as well as the dynamics of honor code violations, via group discussion. Viewpoints on cheating were regularly discussed and contradictory views were identified related to frequency and justification for cheating. Utilizing the constant comparative method, students mentioned time limitations, and pressure from peers, parents, and professors as reasons to cheat. They also discussed pressures to achieve high grades for acceptance into graduate programs. Students were also reluctant to report their classmates for cheating incidents. Repeated and comprehensive education on ethical behavior is warranted.

HAVE STUDENTS� PERCEPTIONS OF E-ETHICS CHANGED? A FIVE-YEAR STUDY

ABSTRACT Using similar methodology and survey questionnaires, data was collected from fall 2008 and fall 2013 from students of a small private liberal arts college. The students completed questionnaires asking their perceptions of cheating at their institution. An analysis of this data provides indications of whether or not students’ perceptions of cheating have changed over the past 5 years, specifically in regards to e-ethics. From the results of this analysis, a better picture emerges of how students’ perceptions of e-ethics may be changing over time. Keywords Cheating (Education); Student Attitudes; Changing Ethics, E-Ethics

개념도를 통해서 본 고등학교 영재학생의 학업부정행위에 관한 인식

본 연구에서는 고등학교 영재학생들의 학업부정행위에 대한 인식의 개념도를 작성하여 영재학생들의 인식에 관한 개념구조를 제시하고, 영재학생들과 일반학생들의 학업부정행위에 대한 인식차를 비교하였다. 본 연구는 영재의 특성에 대해 파악하고 이를 통하여 영재학생들을 지도하는데 있어서 여태까지 강조되어 왔던 지식 영역뿐만 아니라 도덕성, 인성 등과 같은 정의적 영역에 대한 올바른 접근 및 지도방법을 모색하는 데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 고등학교 영재학생 초점집단 63명의 브레인스토밍으로 얻어진 진술문들을 종합하여 64개의 최종 진술문을 확정하였고, 이들 진술문은 초점집단 63명 중 다시 선발된 13명의 연구 참여자에 의해 분류, 평정되었다. 그 후 다차원 척도분석과 위계적 군집분석을 통해 개념도를 작성한 결과 고등학교 영재학생의 학업부정행위에 관한 인식은 총 5개의 군집으로 분류되었으며, 각각의 군집명은 '용납할 수 없는 친구의 부정행위', '사회적 구조, 영재성, 그리고 부정행위 간의 불가분의 관계', '부정행위 요구로 인한 심적 갈등, 대처 및 용인 수준', '개인 내면의 비도덕성(도덕불감증)', '도덕성과 사회정의에 근거한 판단'으로 나타났다. 또한 영재학생 150명과 일반학생 160명을 대상으로 각 진술문에 대한 동의 정도를 likert 6점 척도로 표시하게 한 후 두 집단 사이의 인식 차를 살펴본 결과 '용납할 수 없는 친구의 부정행위', '도덕성과 사회정의에 근거한 판단' 군집은 두 집단 간의 유의미한 차이가 전무하거나 매우 미미한 반면, '사회적 구조, 영재성, 그리고 부정행위간의 불가분의 관계', '부정행위 요구로 인한 심적 갈등, 대처 및 용인 수준', '개인 내면의 비도덕성(도덕불감증)' 군집은 두 집단 간의 인식 차가 매우 큰 것으로 나타났으며, 전체적으로는 영재학생이 일반학생보다 학업부정행위에 관해 더 도덕적인 입장에서 판단하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 영재들의 도덕성과 관련하여 논의되었다. This study explores high school gifted students' perception of cheating in school using the concept mapping method. The map shows the gifted students' concept structure and the different perception between gifted and non-gifted students on cheating. For the purpose, 63 high school gifted students participated at the brainstorming stage to gather the possible related statements. Finally, 64 statements were confirmed and these were divided and evaluated by 13 focus group students. Then, they were analyzed by multidimensional scaling and processed by hierarchical cluster analysis. The results compiled from this procedure show that high school gifted students' perception of cheating is classified into five clusters: "unacceptable cheating behaviors of friends", "an inseparable relation among social structure, giftedness and cheating", "conflict, coping skills, and tolerance related to the cheating", "immorality in one's inner person" and "the judgement based on morality and social justice". In addition, 150 gifted students and 160 non-gifted students checked the degree of agreement to each statement with the likert 6 points scale and the result showed that there was no significant difference in two clusters, "unacceptable cheating behaviors of friends" and "the judgement based on morality and justice", while it turned out that there were significant perception gaps in three clusters, "inseparable relation among social structure, giftedness and cheating", "conflict, coping skills, and tolerance related to the cheating" and "immorality in one's inner person". Implications of the study related to the gifted students' moral behaviors were discussed in depth.

“He cheated on me, I cheated on him back”: Mexican American and White adolescents’ perceptions of cheating in romantic relationships

A qualitative approach was used to explore the meaning and perceptions of cheating in adolescent romantic relationships. Mexican American and White adolescents ( N = 75; 53.3% girls; 56.1% Mexican American), separated by gender and ethnicity into 12 focus groups (three groups per type), discussed personal and peer experiences of cheating in dating relationships as both the victim and perpetrator. Dialogue was coded using inductive content analysis; two broader cheating themes encompassing six sub-themes emerged 1) perceptions of cheating (individual-oriented, peer-oriented, and frequency of occurrence) and 2) consequences of cheating (commitment, emotional responses, and relationship outcomes). Mexican American girls spoke most frequently and strongly about cheating, followed by White girls. The meaning and contexts of cheating by ethnicity and gender has important implications for promoting healthy dating behavior during adolescence.

The relationship between accounting students' love of money and their ethical perception

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how accounting students view cheating actions inside and outside the classroom. It relates the love of money, a psychological variable, to the ethical perceptions of accounting students by examining their cheating perceptions.Design/methodology/approachA survey is developed based on cheating actions and the love of money scales and administered to 213 undergraduate and graduate accounting students in two universities in the western US students' perceptions of cheating are measured. Students are classified according to their love of money as money‐worshippers, money‐repellants, or careless money‐admirers.FindingsAccounting students view cheating actions outside the classroom as more unethical than cheating actions inside the classroom. The love of money is significantly related to perceptions of cheating. Money worshippers view cheating actions as more ethical followed by money‐admirers and money‐repellants who view such actions as more unethical.Research limitations/implicationsThe surveyed students may not be representative of all students in the USA. In addition, perceptions of cheating may not determine cheating behavior.Practical implicationsInstructors should continue to emphasize the importance of ethical behavior. Future employers should consider the love of money as an important psychological variable related to ethical perception in their hiring decisions.Originality/valuePrevious research founds that classroom cheating can be used to predict future workplace cheating among accounting employees. The study is the first to examine the relationship between the love of money and cheating among accounting students.

Academic Misconduct in Portugal: Results from a Large Scale Survey to University Economics/Business Students

The phenomenon of cheating in higher education is of overwhelming importance in that the students engaging in these acts are unlikely to have the skills necessary for their future professional life. Despite its relevance, the empirical evaluation of cheating in universities has been almost exclusively focused on the US context. Little is known about cheating at the European level, let alone in Portugal. Even less is explored at the regional level. In this paper we present evidence on the perception of cheating by Portuguese undergraduate students of economics/business degrees. We undertake a large-scale survey, involving 2675 students from all Portuguese mainland public universities (10). We found that copying-favourable environments are associated with a higher propensity to cheat. Moreover, in universities where ‘codes of honour’ exist, this propensity tends to be lower. Finally, the propensity to copy seems to be highly influenced by the cultural systems and socially-related factors of different regions.

The Impact of Anti-Intellectualism Attitudes and Academic Self-Efficacy on Business Students’ Perceptions of Cheating

College cheating represents a major ethical problem facing students and educators, especially in colleges of business. The current study surveys 666 business students in three universities to examine potential determinants of cheating perceptions. Anti-intellectualism refers to a student’s negative view of the value and importance of intellectual pursuits and critical thinking. Academic self-efficacy refers to a student’s belief in one’s ability to accomplish an academic task. As hypothesized, students high in anti-intellectualism attitudes and those with low academic self-efficacy were least likely to perceive college cheating as unethical. Considering that college cheating has been found as a predictor of workplace cheating, the results urge business instructors to reduce anti-intellectualism among students and to encourage them to put forth their best efforts. The results also serve employers by focusing attention on these two psychological variables during the hiring and promotion processes.

Determinants of Perceptions of Cheating: Ethical Orientation, Personality and Demographics

A sample of 227 business students from the United States and Australia was used to evaluate factors that impact business students' ethical orientation and factors that impact students' perceptions of ethical classroom behaviors. Perceptions of classroom behaviors was considered a surrogate for future perceptions of business behaviors. Independent factors included age, gender, religious orientation, country of origin, personality, and ethical orientation. A number of factors were related to ethical orientation, but only age and religious orientation exhibited much impact upon perceptions of ethical classroom behaviors.

Faculty and Student Perceptions of Cheating

(1960). Faculty and Student Perceptions of Cheating. The Journal of Educational Research: Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 118-120.