Integrity Shelf

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student views

Guidance on integrity is easier to write once staff know how students see the rules. The papers on this page ask students what they think, and they ask in different ways, so it helps to separate what students said from what they did.

Some are surveys about chatbots. Students in Hong Kong reported being broadly positive while worrying about accuracy, privacy and ethics. A Hungarian sample was also broadly positive, with worry about misuse. A systematic review pools self-reported online exam cheating before and during the pandemic, and its authors think under-reporting is likely. A field study in India tests whether awareness teaching changes how students judge plagiarism. Survey answers come from particular places and moments, and no paper here speaks for students everywhere.

  1. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher EducationSurvey

    Students’ voices on generative AI: perceptions, benefits, and challenges in higher education

    Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan, Wenjie Hu

    Hong Kong university students, 399 of them across disciplines, told researchers they were broadly positive about generative AI, valuing study and writing support while worrying about accuracy, privacy, ethics and personal development.

    For teaching Gives one local picture of how students feel about these tools, which may help when drafting guidance students will accept.

    Core reading Free to read

  2. Journal of Academic EthicsReview

    How Common is Cheating in Online Exams and did it Increase During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Systematic Review

    Philip M. Newton, Keioni Essex

    Across pooled survey studies, the authors report that 44.7% of students admitted cheating in online exams, 29.9% before COVID-19 and 54.7% during it, though the evidence has weaknesses.

    For teaching Opportunity is the reason students most often gave, but weak sampling means the figures need careful reading before anyone acts on them.

    Core reading Free to read

  3. Journal of Academic EthicsSurvey

    ChatGPT in Academia: University Students’ Attitudes Towards the use of ChatGPT and Plagiarism

    Balázs Fajt, Emese Schiller

    Hungarian university students were broadly positive about a chatbot yet voiced worry about misuse, the authors report from 607 responses. The study also asked whether readiness to use it tracks readiness to plagiarise.

    For teaching Could inform how a course explains acceptable chatbot use, though it reports attitudes in one country rather than behaviour.

    Free to read

  4. Studies in Higher EducationExperiment

    Plagiarism awareness efforts, students’ ethical judgment and behaviors: a longitudinal experiment study on ethical nuances of plagiarism in higher education

    Anupama Prashar, Parul Gupta, Yogesh K. Dwivedi

    Does teaching about plagiarism change how students judge it and then act? A field study at one Indian institution followed postgraduates before and after awareness activities, also asking whether age, gender and religiosity mattered.

    Free to read

  5. Frontiers in PsychologySurvey

    Why Students Do Not Engage in Contract Cheating

    Kiata Rundle, Guy J. Curtis, Joseph Clare

    Why do most students not pay others to complete their assessments? In a survey of 1291 students, the authors report that wanting to learn and personal morals were the reasons most endorsed.

    For teaching Assessment design and policy that support motivation to learn and limit opportunity may help, the authors propose, though the evidence is a self-report survey.

    Free to read