Academic integrity perceptions regarding computing assessments and essays

Simon, Beth Cook, Judy Sheard, Angela Carbone, Chris Johnson

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    Abstract

    Student perceptions of academic integrity have been extensively researched in relation to text-based assessments, but there is rather less research relating to non-text-based assessments such as computer programs, databases, and spreadsheets. This paper reports the findings from a survey of computing students and academics to investigate perceptions of particular academic practices with regard to both essays and computing assessments. For each practice the research sought to discover whether it was perceived to constitute plagiarism or collusion and whether it was considered to be acceptable in an academic environment. While there was general agreement between academics and students regarding some practices, both groups displayed high levels of uncertainty about other practices. There was considerable variation between their attitudes to similar practices in the text and non-text environments, and between what was seen as plagiarism/collusion and perceptions of unacceptability. That is, there were practices that were perceived to be plagiarism or collusion but were considered acceptable, and others that were considered not to be plagiarism or collusion but were nevertheless thought unacceptable. These findings suggest a need for academic integrity policies and procedures specific to computing, accompanied by discipline-specific student education.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationICER 2014 - Proceedings of the 10th Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
    Pages107-114
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Print)9781450327558
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    Event10th Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research, ICER 2014 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
    Duration: 11 Aug 201413 Aug 2014

    Publication series

    NameICER 2014 - Proceedings of the 10th Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research

    Conference

    Conference10th Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research, ICER 2014
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityGlasgow
    Period11/08/1413/08/14

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