Examining the relationship between pre-service teachers' ethical reasoning levels and their academic dishonesty levels: A structural equation modelling approach

Educational Research and Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 983-992

  Ünal, Emre ^a  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Ethical reasoning; Prospective teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856589125     PISSN: 19903839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ERR11.259     Document Type: Article

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