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dc.contributor.authorHarper, Rowena
dc.contributor.authorBretag, T
dc.contributor.authorEllis, C
dc.contributor.authorNewton, P
dc.contributor.authorRozenberg, P
dc.contributor.authorSaddiqui, S
dc.contributor.authorvan Haeringen, K
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T13:01:34Z
dc.date.available2019-05-29T13:01:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0307-5079
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03075079.2018.1462789
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/379887
dc.description.abstractIf media reports are to be believed, Australian universities are facing a significant and growing problem of students outsourcing their assessment to third parties, a behaviour commonly known as ‘contract cheating’. Teaching staff are integral to preventing and managing this emerging form of cheating, yet there has been little evidence-based research to inform changes to their practice. This paper reports on the findings of a large-scale survey of teaching staff in Australian universities on the topic of contract cheating. It investigated staff experiences with and attitudes towards student cheating, and their views on the individual, contextual and organisational factors that inhibit or support efforts to minimise it. Findings indicate that contract cheating could be addressed by improving key aspects of the teaching and learning environment, including the relationships between students and staff. Such improvements are likely to minimise cheating, and also improve detection when cheating occurs.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Education and Training
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto17
dc.relation.ispartofjournalStudies in Higher Education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation systems not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3903
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode390399
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.titleContract cheating: a survey of Australian university staff
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorvan Haeringen, Karen A.


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