Surveys 2016 September A Academic ethics

Academic ethics

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You as a student are invited to participate in the study [name of the study] by completing this survey. I realize that your time is valuable and have attempted to keep the requested information as brief and concise as possible. It will take you approximately ten minutes of your time. Your participation in this project is voluntary. You may withdraw from the study at any time without consequence. There are no known risks to you for participating in this study.                 There are no direct benefits to you for participating in this study. Your responses are strictly confidential. When the data and analysis are presented, you will not be linked to the data by your name, title or any other identifying item. Your consent is implied by completion of the questionnaire.      In your opinion, is student involvement in the following forms of misconduct a serious problem in the university? Yes No * Cheating during the test or exam * Plagiarism       * In your opinion, is it possible to succeed at university without cheating or any other academic misconduct?   Yes   Yes, but not always   No       * In your opinion, why do individual students usually cheat? Please choose no more than three answers.   In order to get a high grade for the course   To not fail a test or exam   There are too many materials for exam preparation   Exams or tests are too hard   Students do not have time because of their jobs   Because of laziness   Other         * In your opinion, what institutional factor most accounts for cheating? Please choose only one answer.   Many other students do   There is insufficient punishment for misconduct   Teachers either don’t care or can’t control cheating   Other       How often do you use the following materials during an exam? always often sometimes rarely newer * Course notes, when not allowed * Electronic devices (mobile phone, tablet) during tests or exams * Stolen copies of tests and assignments * Copying from the book during a test or an exam * Copying from another person during a test or an exam       * Do teachers/faculty usually control or prevent students’ misconduct during the test or exam?   Yes, everybody   Yes, but not everybody   No   I do not know       * Which ways of preventing cheating or any misconduct among students are more effective, in your opinion? Please choose no more than three answers.   Using computer based tests   Strengthening punishment for cheating and misconduct   Strengthening supervision by teachers and administration   Using electronic forms of control ( e.g. cameras)   Implementing ethical codes for students   Implementing of information and whistleblowing system (e.g. cheating hotlines)   Other         * How often do you pass off texts, materials or other work of another person as your own (claim other people’s work as your own)??   Always   Often   Sometimes   Rarely   Never       * How often do you use someone else’s material or its part without acknowledging its source?   Always   Often   Sometimes   Rarely   Never