Academic Dishonesty When Doing Homework: How Digital Technologies Are Put to Bad Use in Secondary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Désiron, Juliette C.; Petko, Dominik
Titel	Academic Dishonesty When Doing Homework: How Digital Technologies Are Put to Bad Use in Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: Education and Information Technologies, 28 (2023) 2, S.1251-1271 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Désiron, Juliette C.) ORCID (Petko, Dominik)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2357
DOI	10.1007/s10639-022-11225-y
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Cheating; Homework; Influence of Technology; Academic Achievement; Scores; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Prellen; Hausaufgabe; Schulleistung; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Schweiz
Abstract	The growth in digital technologies in recent decades has offered many opportunities to support students' learning and homework completion. However, it has also contributed to expanding the field of possibilities concerning homework avoidance. Although studies have investigated the factors of academic dishonesty, the focus has often been on college students and formal assessments. The present study aimed to determine what predicts homework avoidance using digital resources and whether engaging in these practices is another predictor of test performance. To address these questions, we analyzed data from the Program for International Student Assessment 2018 survey, which contained additional questionnaires addressing this issue, for the Swiss students. The results showed that about half of the students engaged in one kind or another of digitally-supported practices for homework avoidance at least once or twice a week. Students who were more likely to use digital resources to engage in dishonest practices were males who did not put much effort into their homework and were enrolled in non-higher education-oriented school programs. Further, we found that digitally-supported homework avoidance was a significant negative predictor of test performance when considering information and communication technology predictors. Thus, the present study not only expands the knowledge regarding the predictors of academic dishonesty with digital resources, but also confirms the negative impact of such practices on learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01