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2015, Cilt 5, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 088-098 |
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DOI: 10.5961/jhes.2015.112 |
Defining Academic Dishonesty Behaviors According to Pre-Service Teachers |
Muhammet ÖZDEN, Döndü ÖZDEMİR ÖZDEN |
Dumlupınar University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary Education, Kütahya, Turkey |
Keywords: Academic dishonesty, Cheating, Plagiarism |
The aim of this study is to determine academic dishonesty behaviors based on the opinions of pre-service elementary and social studies
teachers. This study was designed using a student self-report survey questionnaire. The sample of this study consisted of 445 pre-service
teachers. The research data was collected using “the academic dishonesty behaviors opinion survey” developed for this research. The
research data was analyzed using descriptive statistical techniques and chi-square test. Results indicated 23 items that pre-service teachers
agreed on were about academic dishonesty. Of these 10 items were about academic cheating and 13 items were about plagiarism in
assignments. The top three academic dishonesty behaviors based on participants opinion were respectively having another person take
the test on behalf, stealing exam materials and handing in someone else's essay with his/her name on it. Most pre-service teachers did not
accept 4 items as an academic dishonest behavior. These items were using old exam questions in order to prepare an exam, using someone
else's notes in order to prepare an exam, to give information to other class students after taking the exam, and taking an exam after receiving
information from students who already took the exam. In this study, another important finding was about gender differences; female preservice
teachers showed more concern than male pre-service teachers about academic dishonesty behaviors. There were also a few limited
significant differences both in grade and class level in all academic dishonesty behaviors.
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