Academic dishonesty among health science school students
Background:Academic dishonesty has become a serious problem at institutions of higher learning.Research question:What is the frequency of academic dishonesty and what factors affect the tendency of dishonesty among Turkish health science school students?Research design:This descriptive and cross-sec...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2016
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| In: |
Nursing ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 23, Issue: 8, Pages: 919-931 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Cheating B Academic Dishonesty B Students B Education |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Background:Academic dishonesty has become a serious problem at institutions of higher learning.Research question:What is the frequency of academic dishonesty and what factors affect the tendency of dishonesty among Turkish health science school students?Research design:This descriptive and cross-sectional study aims to evaluate academic dishonesty among university nursing, midwifery, and dietetic students.Participants and research context:The study sample consisted of 499 health science students in Turkey. The tendency toward academic dishonesty was investigated using the Academic Dishonesty Tendency Scale.Ethical considerations:Institutional review board approved the study. Written permission was obtained from the researcher to use Turkish version of the Academic Dishonesty Tendency Scale.Findings:Of all the students, 80.0% claimed to refer to Internet during homework preparation and 49.1% of students reported to cite the references at the end of article on some instances. Of the students, 56.1% claimed never to have cheated in the exams. It was found that academic dishonesty was partly low (1.80–2.59) in students. For students using a library while doing their homework, mean scores were significantly lower (p < 0.05). There were also statistically significant difference between mean scores and student’s year in school, student’s perception of school success, and frequency of Internet use while doing homework (p < 0.05).Discussion:The tendency of academic dishonesty was lower among students who use Internet and library more frequently. These findings are consistent with previous studies.Conclusion:Measurements to take against academic dishonesty should be directed toward not only students but institutions and instructors as well. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-0989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0969733015583929 |
