Is it okay to cheat? - the views of postgraduate students

  • Authors:
  • Martin Dick;Judy Sheard;Selby Markham

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Melbourne 3145, Australia;School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Melbourne 3145, Australia;School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Melbourne 3145, Australia

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 6th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

This paper examines the attitudes of students in the Masters of Information Technology, Honours Degree in the Bachelor of Computing and Graduate Diploma of Computing at Monash University. Students were surveyed on the acceptability of a variety of scenarios involving cheating and on their knowledge of the occurrence of these scenarios. The survey found a strong consensus amongst the students as to what was acceptable or unacceptable practice. The paper then examines the significance of these results for educators aiming to prevent cheating amongst their students. The study reported is part of a larger study currently being undertaken in the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) at Monash University.