STUDENTS’ BEHAVIORS ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY IN A SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

Research on academic integrity has been popular in the inner circle countries. However, in EFL context, there are still very few researches toward academic dishonesty in high school. The existed researches which explained students’ views of academic dishonesty were conducted in countries outside the inner circle and the outer circle. In Indonesia, an academic dishonesty research is still in a very small number. This survey study aims to identify students’ perception and knowledge related to academic dishonesty, specifically plagiarism and cheating. By using an adapted questionnaire developed by Ledesma (2011), the data were collected from grade 10 to 12 students whose school applies academic integrity as the basic rules. 9 statements in four distinguished domains are included in the questionnaire. The findings indicate that most of have issues in the understanding and consideration of academic dishonesty. Meanwhile, other options are not being considered as parts of academic dishonesty by students.