The quizzical failure of a nudge on academic integrity education: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies on academic integrity reveal high rates of plagiarism and cheating among students. We have developed an online teaching tool, Integrity Games ( https://integgame.eu/ ), that uses serious games to teach academic integrity. In this paper, we test the impact of a soft intervention - a short quiz - that was added to the Integrity Games website to increase users' interest in learning about integrity. Based on general principles of behavioral science, our quiz highlighted the intricacy of integrity issues, generated social comparisons, and produced personalized advice. We expected that these interventions would create a need for knowledge and encourage participants to spend more time on the website.

Methods

In a randomized controlled trial involving N = 405 stud

SUBMITTER: Allard A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10688455 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature