Academic IntegrityLauren Reiter

Presentation originally developed by Dan Hickey

Academic Integrity @ Penn State“The pursuit of scholarly activity in an open,

honest and responsible manner. […] the

University's Code of Conduct states that all

students should act with personal integrity,

respect other students' dignity, rights and

property, and help create and maintain an

environment in which all can succeed.” Policy 49-20

Watterson

Academic integrity is compromised by:

•Fabrication of information or citations

•Facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others

•Unauthorized possession of examinations

•Submitting the work of another person, or work previously used without informing the instructor

•Tampering with the academic work of other students

Have you ever engaged in one of these behaviors?1)Yes2)No

This is anonymous!

Students in class will text in their responses to this Poll Everywhere survey

Live Poll

Student Perceptions of Practices Most Likely to Be Seen as Cheating:

Watterson

Student Perceptions of Practices Most Likely to Be Seen as Cheating:

•Using an unapproved aid during an exam (96%)

•Copying from another student’s paper or exam (97%)

•Taking a test for someone else or having someone else take a test for you (97%)

•Exchanging answer sheets or papers during a test (98%) PULSE survey

Student Perceptions of Practices Least Likely to Be Seen as Cheating:

•Not telling instructor about a grading error in their favor (69%)

•Submitting the same paper for more than one class without permission (55%)

•Giving or getting exam information from someone in another section (42%)

PULSE survey

Reasons to Cheat that SomeStudents Perceive as “Justifiable”:

• Get a better grade or GPA (20%)

• Insufficient preparation (11%)

• Personal issues including stress and personal/family problems (9%)

• Time management (8%)

• Little concern for academic integrity (6%)

• Instruction issues (5%) PULSE Survey Presentation

Awareness and Prevalence of Cheating

Behavior

Perceive this behavior to be cheating

Have engaged in this behavior

Males n=599

Females n=532

Male n=620

Females n=563

Ask students in another section of a course for information about a test you will take at a later time or to give other students information about a test % % % % Receive help on a take-home test in which you are not allowed to collaborate with others

% % % % Allow someone to copy your assignment or paper % % % % Use someone else’s ideas or words without referencing or crediting the original source % % % %

PULSE Survey Presentation

Awareness and Prevalence of Cheating

Behavior

Perceive this behavior to be cheating

Have engaged in this behavior

Males n=599

Females n=532

Male n=620

Females n=563

Ask students in another section of a course for information about a test you will take at a later time or to give other students information about a test 57% 60% 53% 59% Receive help on a take-home test in which you are not allowed to collaborate with others

80% 87% 30% 30% Allow someone to copy your assignment or paper 91% 93% 25% 21% Use someone else’s ideas or words without referencing or crediting the original source 91% 95% 16% 8%

PULSE Survey Presentation

Behavior

Perceive this behavior to be cheating

Have engaged in this behavior

Males n=599

Females n=532

Male n=620

Females n=563

Turn in the same paper for more than one class (without receiving permission from the instructors) % % % % Not tell an instructor when an error has been made in your favor in scoring a test or an assignment % % % % Lie to an instructor about having an illness or some other emergency when you’ve missed a test or assignment % % % %

Awareness and Prevalence of Cheating

PULSE Survey Presentation

What percent of students lied about an illness/emergency after missing a deadline/text to avoid a lower grade?

1)8%2)16%3)22%4)35%

Students in class will text in their responses to this Poll Everywhere survey

Live Poll

Behavior

Perceive this behavior to be cheating

Have engaged in this behavior

Males n=599

Females n=532

Male n=620

Females n=563

Turn in the same paper for more than one class (without receiving permission from the instructors) 41% 50% 22% 20% Not tell an instructor when an error has been made in your favor in scoring a test or an assignment 28% 34% 35% 32% Lie to an instructor about having an illness or some other emergency when you’ve missed a test or assignment 72% 71% 16% 16%

Awareness and Prevalence of Cheating

PULSE Survey Presentation

What is Plagiarism?

The action or practice of taking someone

else's work, idea, design, etc., and

passing it off as one's own; intellectual

theft.

- Oxford English Dictionary

•Program that gauges the originality of student work and aids in detecting plagiarism

•Used in more than 3,500 higher education institutions

•Used by over 650 Penn State instructors

Turnitin searches:

•A current and archived copy of the publicly accessible Internet

•Millions of published works from content publishers

•Over 250 million student papers submitted to Turnitin student archive (including PSU students)

Turnitin.com

Now we can:•Define academic integrity

•Identify how specific behaviors violate Penn State’s academic integrity policy

•Visualize how the behaviors are related