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Student Self-Reported Academically Dishonest Behavior in Two-Year Colleges in the State of Ohio

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Higher Education.

This study investigated college students' self-reported academically dishonest behaviors at two-year colleges in the state of Ohio. More specifically, this study investigated two-year students' self-reported perceptions of acts of plagiarism and whether particular characteristics were related to students who chose to plagiarize.

This study replicated research from Donald McCabe's investigations of four-year institutions and students' self-reported cheating behaviors. This survey research used the McCabe Academic Integrity Student Survey instrument. Multi-stage sampling was used to collect data from English Composition I class sections from four two-year colleges in the state of Ohio.

The results from this current research revealed that demographic traits such as age and gender were related to the students who chose to engage in self-reported acts of plagiarism. Women self-reported cheating more than men and younger students self-reported cheating more than older students. Students with grade point averages of 2.49 and higher self-reported cheating more than students with lower grade point averages. Cheating was self-reported most by students ages 18-31. Students between the ages of 18-24 self-reported cheating more than those ages 25-31.The students that identified pressures related to part-time or full-time work and/or caring for children or an older adult self-reported cheating more than students not affiliated with such pressures.

David Meabon, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Mary Ellen Edwards, Dr. (Committee Member)
Bin Ning, Dr. (Committee Member)
Dale Snauwaert, Dr. (Committee Member)
131 p.

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  • Ferguson, L. M. (2010). Student Self-Reported Academically Dishonest Behavior in Two-Year Colleges in the State of Ohio [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1279229804

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ferguson, Lauren. Student Self-Reported Academically Dishonest Behavior in Two-Year Colleges in the State of Ohio. 2010. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1279229804.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ferguson, Lauren. "Student Self-Reported Academically Dishonest Behavior in Two-Year Colleges in the State of Ohio." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1279229804

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)