Sisson K, Newton J
School of Health and Social Care, University of Teeside, Middlesbrough, UK.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2007 Aug;11(3):160-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2007.00441.x.
To explore the attitudes of undergraduate dental students towards academically unacceptable behaviour.
Three sets of vignettes were designed exploring; attitudes towards sharing essays which students present as their own work (set 1), attitudes towards purchasing an essay from a commercial website (set 2), and attitudes towards working in a group (set 3). Eighty-nine dental students read the vignettes, then indicated whether they felt the student depicted should engage in the behaviour, and whether any assessment of the work would be a fair assessment of the student's ability. In addition for the group working vignette, respondents were asked to indicate whether in that situation they would speak to the tutor about their own contribution to the group product.
Twenty-one respondents (24%) reported that students should share essays, 11 (12%) felt that the essay would be a fair assessment; 13 (15%) felt that students should buy commercially produced essays, five (6%) felt it would be a fair assessment. For the vignettes involving group work, 31 (35%) respondents felt that group-based assessments were fair, 65 (73%) of respondents felt it unlikely that they would speak to the tutor about their individual contribution.
A disturbing proportion of dental students report that cheating is acceptable, the majority feel that unacceptable academic practices are not a fair indication of students' ability. The respondents reported that they were unlikely to report the unacceptable working practices of fellow students.
探讨牙科专业本科学生对学术上不可接受行为的态度。
设计了三组短文来探究；对学生将他人文章当作自己的作品进行分享的态度（第一组），对从商业网站购买文章的态度（第二组），以及对小组合作的态度（第三组）。八十九名牙科专业学生阅读了这些短文，然后表明他们是否认为短文中描述的学生应该采取该行为，以及对作品的任何评估是否能公平地反映该学生的能力。此外，对于小组合作的短文，受访者被要求表明在那种情况下他们是否会就自己对小组成果的贡献与导师交流。
21名受访者（24%）表示学生应该分享文章，11名（12%）认为这样的文章评估是公平的；13名（15%）认为学生应该购买商业制作的文章，5名（6%）觉得这是公平的评估。对于涉及小组合作的短文，31名（35%）受访者认为基于小组的评估是公平的，65名（73%）受访者觉得他们不太可能就自己的个人贡献与导师交流。
令人不安的是，有相当比例的牙科专业学生认为作弊是可以接受的，大多数人觉得不可接受的学术行为并不能公平地反映学生的能力。受访者表示他们不太可能举报同学不可接受的学习行为。
