Contract cheating: a survey of Australian university students

Recent Australian media scandals suggest that university students are increasingly outsourcing their assessments to third parties - a behaviour known as 'contract cheating'. This paper reports on findings from a large survey of students from eight Australian universities (n = 14,086) which...

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Veröffentlicht in:Studies in higher education (Dorchester-on-Thames) Jg. 44; H. 11; S. 1837 - 1856
Hauptverfasser: Bretag, Tracey, Harper, Rowena, Burton, Michael, Ellis, Cath, Newton, Philip, Rozenberg, Pearl, Saddiqui, Sonia, van Haeringen, Karen
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Abingdon Routledge 02.11.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Schlagworte:
Academic integrity
Behavior
Cheating
College Faculty
College Students
Colleges & universities
Context Effect
contract cheating
Contracts
Correlation
Curricula
Curriculum Design
Curriculum development
Educational Environment
Educational Needs
English (Second Language)
English language
Foreign Countries
higher education
Integrity
Language acquisition
Learning
Learning environment
Outsourcing
Plagiarism
Polls & surveys
Prevention
Scandals
School Surveys
Second Language Learning
Speech perception
Student Attitudes
Student Behavior
Student Evaluation
Student teacher relationship
Teacher Student Relationship
Teaching
Universities
university
University students
Australia
ISSN:0307-5079, 1470-174X
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Zusammenfassung:Recent Australian media scandals suggest that university students are increasingly outsourcing their assessments to third parties - a behaviour known as 'contract cheating'. This paper reports on findings from a large survey of students from eight Australian universities (n = 14,086) which sought to explore students' experiences with and attitudes towards contract cheating, and the contextual factors that may influence this behaviour. A spectrum of seven outsourcing behaviours were investigated, and three significant variables were found to be associated with contract cheating: dissatisfaction with the teaching and learning environment, a perception that there are 'lots of opportunities to cheat', and speaking a Language Other than English (LOTE) at home. To minimise contract cheating, our evidence suggests that universities need to support the development of teaching and learning environments which nurture strong student-teacher relationships, reduce opportunities to cheat through curriculum and assessment design, and address the well-recognised language and learning needs of LOTE students.
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ISSN:0307-5079
1470-174X
DOI:10.1080/03075079.2018.1462788