Attributes Of College Students

Attributes Of College Students

Article 1   Attributes and Statuses of College Students Associated with Classroom Cheating
On a Small Campus
I used the keywords “college cheating” for this article.
The author is Russell L. Dawkins.
It was published in March 2004.
The article is peer-reviewed.
I used the Gale PowerSearch database.
This article is about self-reported dishonesty from different size campuses. It also included
online learning. Different research methods were used to determine how and why
students cheat. Different levels of cheating were found according to the size and location
of the campus. It shows upperclassmen cheat far less than underclassmen, and generally
less cheating is done by online students. This is sustained by studies and charts.

Article 2   Academic Honesty and Online Courses  
I used the keyword “academic honesty online” for this article.
The authors are; Grijalva, Therese C; Nowell, Clifford; Kerkvliet, Joe.
It was published in March 2006.
The article is peer-reviewed.
I used ProQuest database.
This article is about online cheating, the lack of research on the subject and the findings gained
through the research. It is done with a cross section of students who filled out surveys.
It also discussed the different styles of cheating and why they are used for certain
learning instances. “Culture cheating” is discussed, and why it is less prevalent for
online students to use it.
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Some of the issues related to online academic honesty include, peer pressure, having any of your
friends try and talk you into cheating to save you time and aggravation. You can avoid
this pitfall by having high standards and morals.
  Another of the issues is cheating on tests. This is greatly reduced with online learning because
Most if not all of the students do not live near each other and will...