Assessing Freshman Engineering Students' Understanding of Ethical Behavior.
Academic dishonesty, including cheating and plagiarism, is on the rise in colleges, particularly among engineering students. While students decide to engage in these behaviors for many different reasons, academic integrity training can help improve their understanding of ethical decision making. The...
| Published in: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 287 - 305 |
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Feb2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=120738024&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 120738024 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13533452 GNI jtl: Science & Engineering Ethics issn: 13533452 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2017 vid: 23 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 120738024 10.1007/s11948-016-9749-2 ppf: 287 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 930KB tig: atl: Assessing Freshman Engineering Students' Understanding of Ethical Behavior. aug: au: Henslee, Amber Murray, Susan Olbricht, Gayla Ludlow, Douglas Hays, Malcolm Nelson, Hannah affil: Missouri University of Science and Technology , 500 W. 14th Street Rolla 65409 USA Department of Psychological Science, HSS111 , Missouri University of Science and Technology , 500 W. 14th Street Rolla 65409 USA su: Ethics Virtues Engineering students Honesty Integrity sug: subj: Ethics Virtues Engineering students Honesty Integrity keyword: Academic dishonesty College students Plagiarism ab: Academic dishonesty, including cheating and plagiarism, is on the rise in colleges, particularly among engineering students. While students decide to engage in these behaviors for many different reasons, academic integrity training can help improve their understanding of ethical decision making. The two studies outlined in this paper assess the effectiveness of an online module in increasing academic integrity among first semester engineering students. Study 1 tested the effectiveness of an academic honesty tutorial by using a between groups design with a Time 1- and Time 2-test. An academic honesty quiz assessed participants' knowledge at both time points. Study 2, which incorporated an improved version of the module and quiz, utilized a between groups design with three assessment time points. The additional Time 3-test allowed researchers to test for retention of information. Results were analyzed using ANCOVA and t tests. In Study 1, the experimental group exhibited significant improvement on the plagiarism items, but not the total score. However, at Time 2 there was no significant difference between groups after controlling for Time 1 scores. In Study 2, between- and within-group analyses suggest there was a significant improvement in total scores, but not plagiarism scores, after exposure to the tutorial. Overall, the academic integrity module impacted participants as evidenced by changes in total score and on specific plagiarism items. Although future implementation of the tutorial and quiz would benefit from modifications to reduce ceiling effects and improve assessment of knowledge, the results suggest such tutorial may be one valuable element in a systems approach to improving the academic integrity of engineering students. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Science & Engineering Ethics is a copyright of Springer, 2017. All Rights Reserved. item: Science & Engineering Ethics holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2017 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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