Attitudes and Causes of Cheating among Mexican College Students: An Exploratory Research

This study extends the current state of literature on academic dishonesty, modeling the likelihood to engage in this practice in a private university in Mexico. Ten in-depth interviews with professors and college students were applied as a qualitative phase of the research in order to understand hab...

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Autores principales: Ayala-Gaytán, Edgardo Arturo; Tecnológico de Monterrey, Quintanilla-Domínguez, Claudia María; Tecnológico de Monterrey
Formato: Artículo revisado por pares
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: International Journal of Research in Education 2014
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/MAGIS/article/view/8783
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-031&d=article8783oai
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Sumario:This study extends the current state of literature on academic dishonesty, modeling the likelihood to engage in this practice in a private university in Mexico. Ten in-depth interviews with professors and college students were applied as a qualitative phase of the research in order to understand habits, expe- riences and perceptions about academic dishonesty. A survey with two hundred college students indicate that the number of incidents of cheating is significantly higher than standard estimations in the United States; the quality of students’ so- cial networks is the most important factor explaining chea- ting and honor codes, whose perceived enforcement does not deter cheating.