The Role of Moral Attitude, Goal Commitment, and Cheating Tendency in Academic Achievement - Paper

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This study examines how cheating tendency, academic goal commitment, and moral attitude toward cheating influence the academic achievements of 486 teacher candidates. Moral attitude was measured using the Moral Attitude subscale of the Scale for Attitude Towards Cheating, cheating tendency via the Cheating subscale of the Academic Dishonesty Scale, and goal commitment with the KUT scale. Academic achievement was assessed with GPA. Analyses used independent t-test, Pearson correlation, and path analysis to test both direct and indirect relationships.

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Introduction

Academic success strategies and learning approaches

Moral vs. non-moral paths and cheating tendency

Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research Volume 15, Issue 1 March 2020 [epasr.penpublishing.net](epasr.penpublishing.net)[ ](epasr.penpublishing.net)ISSN: 1949-4270 (Print) 1949-4289 (Online) The Role of Moral Attitude, Goal Commitment, and Cheating Tendency in Academic Achievement Ender Senel, Mevlut Yildiz & Suleyman Can To cite this article Senel, E., Yildiz, M. & Can, S. (2020). The Role of Moral Attitude, Goal Commitment, and Cheating Tendency in Academic Achievement. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 15(1), 63-72. doi: 10.29329/epasr.2020.236.4 | Published Online | March 24, 2020 | | --- | --- | | Article Views | 10 single - 15 cumulative | | Article Download | 36 single - 46 cumulative | | DOI | [https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2020.236.4](https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2020.236.4) | Pen Academic is an independent international publisher committed to publishing academic books, journals, encyclopedias, handbooks of research of the highest quality in the fields of Education, Social Sciences, Science and Agriculture. Pen Academic created an open access system to spread the scientific knowledge freely. For more information about PEN, please contact: [info@penpublishing.net](info@penpublishing.net) This document downloaded from [96.253.117.48](96.253.117.48) [2 times] Midlothian / United States on Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:08:58 +0300 Pen Academic Publishing, Canakkale/Turkey Telephone: +90 286 243 06 66 | Fax: +90 286 213 08 [00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net](00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net) The Role of Moral Attitude, Goal Commitment, and Cheating Tendency in Academic Achievement Ender ŞENEL1 Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Mevlüt YILDIZ2 Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Süleyman CAN3 Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Abstract This study aims to examine the effects of cheating tendency, academic goal commitment, and moral attitude toward cheating on academic achievements of teacher candidates. 486 teacher candidates were recruited. The moral attitude toward cheating was measured with the Moral Attitude subscale of the Scale for Attitude Towards Cheating. The cheating tendency was measured with the Cheating subscale of the Academic Dishonesty Scale. The academic goal commitment was measured with the KUT scale. Academic achievement was measured with the GPA. The data were analyzed with the independent t-test, Pearson Correlation test, and path analysis. While moral attitude positively and directly affected academic goal commitment, it negatively and directly influenced cheating tendency negatively. Academic goal commitment predicted cheating tendency negatively and GPA positively. The cheating tendency had a negative impact on GPA. Academic goal commitment positively affected GPA via cheating tendency; however, the direct effect of academic goal commitment on GPA was higher than the indirect effect. Moral attitude negatively predicted cheating tendency via academic goal commitment while it affected GPA positively. Moral attitude positively predicted GPA via cheating tendency. Consequently, cheating tendency affected academic achievement negatively. Moral attitude toward cheating and the high level of academic goal commitment reduced cheating tendency and increased academic achievement. Keywords: Moral, cheating, academic dishonesty DOI: 10.29329/epasr.2020.236.4 1 Rese.Assist. Dr., Faculty of Sport Sciences, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0001-6276-6704 Correspondence: [endersenel@gmail.com](endersenel@gmail.com) 2 Rese.Assist. Dr., Faculty of Sport Sciences, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0002-1910-0330 Email: [mevlutyildizz@gmail.com](mevlutyildizz@gmail.com) 3 Assoc.Prof.Dr.,Faculty of Education,Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University,Turkey, ORCID:0000-0003-3150-7843, Email: [scan0767@gmail.com](scan0767@gmail.com) 63 This document downloaded from [96.253.117.48](96.253.117.48) [2 times

FAQs

What are the main variables studied in the paper?

The paper focuses on cheating tendency, academic goal commitment, and moral attitude toward cheating, and how each relates to academic achievement measured by GPA.

How was cheating tendency and moral attitude measured?

Cheating tendency was measured with the Cheating subscale of the Academic Dishonesty Scale, and moral attitude toward cheating was measured with the Moral Attitude subscale of the Scale for Attitude Towards Cheating.

What was the overall effect of cheating tendency on academic achievement?

Cheating tendency negatively impacted academic achievement, and higher academic goal commitment and stronger moral attitude reduced cheating tendency while increasing academic achievement.

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