ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: HOW STUDENTS DO THE LEARNING ASSESSMENT AND PROJECT

摘要

Academic dishonesty becomes a big concern for the lecturer when it is dealing with the assessment which is done by the students. The suspicious address to students whether they really do their assessment or have practice the act of dishonesty such as cheating or copying from other fellow students or resources. Thus the research was conducted to find out how students do their learning assessment and project. The research was conducted in descriptive design where the sample covers 156 students of English Department of Universitas Pamulang. The data was collected using questionnaire and was analyzed in descriptive statistic. The research found that the some students do not really know what sort of things which is classified as plagiarism or academic dishonesty. They think that taking the ETODA information from the internet is allowed. The act of kindness as helping the friend is another reason found in doing academic dishonest. The research also found that the students have done the act of academic dishonest often and have never been caught by the lecturer.