Engineering students' perceptions of and attitudes towards cheating

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-194

  Carpenter, Donald D ^a,d   Harding, Trevor S ^b   Finelli, Cynthia J ^c,d   Montgomery, Susan M ^c,d   Passow, Honor J ^a,c,d  

^a Lawrence Technological University ^*  (United States)

^b KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d 1071 Palmer Commons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; Cheating; Ethics

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY; CHEATING; ETHICS; RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33845773836     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2006.tb00891.x     Document Type: Article

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