DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY WITH RESPECT TO GENDER AND STREAM AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

  • Mr.Rajib Chakraborty et al.

Abstract

The present study tries to investigate the role of gender on the construct Academic Dishonesty and
its Dimensions among first year college students of Kapurthala district. The study consists sample of
187 students of Science, Commerce and Arts stream . The tool used in this study is Academic
dishonesty Scale developed by Rawwas and Isakson (2000) for data collection. The Cronbach’s
alpha reliability of the scale is .70. The tool has construct validity. The result indicate that there is
no significant difference between the means of Academic dishonesty construct and its dimensions
with respect to Gender and stream was found. The construct predicted the dimensions well. There is
significant relationship among all dimensions expect the dimension Fabricating Information with
Ignoring Prevalent Practices. This means that both boys and girls are equally engage in cheating
and indulge in academic dishonesty. Moreover, Study discuss the strategies like quizzes, curricular
and co-curricular activities, projects for students for abolishing the academic dishonesty

Published
2020-04-13