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University Lecturer
01 January 2019 - 30 August 2021
Yovav Eshet is a digital learning designer. Lecturer in research methods and computer uses in education and business administration. His areas of research focus on academic integrity and academic dishonesty in distance learning courses.
Scholarly studies have revealed that exposure to statistics courses affect students’ anxiety levels and that this has been associated with unethical misconduct. Thus, the present research’s main objective is to comprehend the mediating role Statistics Anxiety plays on the relationship comprising students’ personality traits and academic dishonesty as manifesting before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its aim is to understand this phenomenon and provide theoretical tools for fostering sustainably personalized distance learning and instruction. Data were collected from students studying for a bachelor’s degree in the social sciences at three different Israeli colleges. The sample comprises 316 participants and data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The results show a significant mediation manifested by an indirect effect between personality traits and academic dishonesty via statistics anxiety only in emergency remote teaching, although no parallel significant mediation was observed in the face-to-face course. These results could be explained by differences in delivery methods. Thus, we recommend that in the emergency remote teaching environment instructors’ presence include: (1) supportive, emphatic interaction to reduce virtual distance and (2) Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies, which foster students’ learning challenges and prevent anxiety and academic dishonesty.
Pnina Steinberger; Yovav Eshet; Keren Grinautsky. No Anxious Student Is Left Behind: Statistics Anxiety, Personality Traits, and Academic Dishonesty—Lessons from COVID-19. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4762 .
AMA StylePnina Steinberger, Yovav Eshet, Keren Grinautsky. No Anxious Student Is Left Behind: Statistics Anxiety, Personality Traits, and Academic Dishonesty—Lessons from COVID-19. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4762.
Chicago/Turabian StylePnina Steinberger; Yovav Eshet; Keren Grinautsky. 2021. "No Anxious Student Is Left Behind: Statistics Anxiety, Personality Traits, and Academic Dishonesty—Lessons from COVID-19." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4762.
The current research examines the impact of Statistics Anxiety on academic ethical behavior as manifesting in undergraduate social science students attending introductory statistics courses in different learning environments: Covid-19-Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT), Planned Online Environment (POE), and Face-to-Face (F2F) courses. Data were collected from students in academic institutions studying for a bachelor’s degree in the social sciences. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to examine the relationship between students’ previous academic achievements and Academic Dishonesty mediated by Statistics Anxiety. The results of multi-group analysis show that path coefficients differ between the three learning environments (POE, F2F, and ERT). Specifically, the results support a model in which previous math and academic achievements are significantly related to Academic Dishonesty mediated by Statistics Anxiety in a POE context only. Accordingly, POE statistics learning is less effective than F2F instruction and practice. Our research shows that instructors’ presence in the learning process reduces students’ anxiety levels and unethical behavior. Thus, we recommend that in POE, the instructor’s presence includes supportive, emphatic, and interpersonal interaction to reduce virtual distance. We conclude that introductory courses in statistics need to empower students experiencing Statistics Anxiety for a better sustainable statistical literacy population.
Yovav Eshet; Pnina Steinberger; Keren Grinautsky. Relationship between Statistics Anxiety and Academic Dishonesty: A Comparison between Learning Environments in Social Sciences. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1564 .
AMA StyleYovav Eshet, Pnina Steinberger, Keren Grinautsky. Relationship between Statistics Anxiety and Academic Dishonesty: A Comparison between Learning Environments in Social Sciences. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1564.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYovav Eshet; Pnina Steinberger; Keren Grinautsky. 2021. "Relationship between Statistics Anxiety and Academic Dishonesty: A Comparison between Learning Environments in Social Sciences." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1564.
Yovav Eshet; Yehuda Peled; Keren Grinautski; Keren Grinautski And Casimir Barczyk. WHAT PREDICTS CHEATING AMONG STUDENTS? A CROSS CULTURAL COMPARISON BETWEEN ONLINE AND FACE-TO-FACE COURSES. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2019) 2019, 27 -34.
AMA StyleYovav Eshet, Yehuda Peled, Keren Grinautski, Keren Grinautski And Casimir Barczyk. WHAT PREDICTS CHEATING AMONG STUDENTS? A CROSS CULTURAL COMPARISON BETWEEN ONLINE AND FACE-TO-FACE COURSES. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2019). 2019; ():27-34.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYovav Eshet; Yehuda Peled; Keren Grinautski; Keren Grinautski And Casimir Barczyk. 2019. "WHAT PREDICTS CHEATING AMONG STUDENTS? A CROSS CULTURAL COMPARISON BETWEEN ONLINE AND FACE-TO-FACE COURSES." Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2019) , no. : 27-34.
Unethical behaviors within the academic environment, academic dishonesty (AD), is a well-researched phenomenon. Various factors explain this phenomenon. This study investigates and presents a new structural model for determinants of AD, linking types of motivation, students' attitudes, personality traits, and cultural backgrounds (presented by country according to Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory) as predictors of AD in the context of traditional and distance-learning courses in higher education. This study was conducted using a survey method of 2475 students in six different academic institutes. Using structural equation modeling (SAM) the results indicate that, contrary to the traditional views and the research literature, the surveyed students tend to engage less in AD in online courses than in face-to-face courses. Accordingly, this research has substantial, practical implications for educators, institution and researchers dealing with course design development and institutional policy concerning pedagogical uses of digital technology.
Yehuda Peled; Yovav Eshet; Casimir Barczyk; Keren Grinautski. Predictors of Academic Dishonesty among undergraduate students in online and face-to-face courses. Computers & Education 2019, 131, 49 -59.
AMA StyleYehuda Peled, Yovav Eshet, Casimir Barczyk, Keren Grinautski. Predictors of Academic Dishonesty among undergraduate students in online and face-to-face courses. Computers & Education. 2019; 131 ():49-59.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYehuda Peled; Yovav Eshet; Casimir Barczyk; Keren Grinautski. 2019. "Predictors of Academic Dishonesty among undergraduate students in online and face-to-face courses." Computers & Education 131, no. : 49-59.
Israeli medical ethics require that physicians avoid participating in commercials for medical and other products. Journalistic ethics require exclusion of commercial content from journalistic texts, and stipulates that media coverage of controversial issues be balanced and objective. Moreover, direct-to-consumer-advertising (DTCA) of prescription drugs and embedded marketing is banned in Israeli media. This article examines whether both norms were met in coverage of medication in three Israeli newspapers to provide the public with balanced and objective information. The level of balance in coverage was assessed by the ratio between promotional and limiting contents, using framing theory and evaluating the relative prominence of information sources, applying advanced countervailing powers theory. Results show promotional content almost three times greater than limiting contents. Prescription drug citations comprised 88% of journalistic articles. About half of these articles cited sources perceived as objective: researchers or physicians. However, given their funding dependence on drug companies, such coverage is arguably embedded marketing, which has societal implications.
Anat Klin; Yovav Eshet. Reading between the lines: questionable medical and journalistic ethics in Israeli newspaper coverage of medications. Israel Affairs 2016, 23, 87 -107.
AMA StyleAnat Klin, Yovav Eshet. Reading between the lines: questionable medical and journalistic ethics in Israeli newspaper coverage of medications. Israel Affairs. 2016; 23 (1):87-107.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnat Klin; Yovav Eshet. 2016. "Reading between the lines: questionable medical and journalistic ethics in Israeli newspaper coverage of medications." Israel Affairs 23, no. 1: 87-107.
Migration has traditionally been used as a survival strategy in times of financial crisis; however, a debate exists as to whether migration influences poverty on the individual level. The current study analyses the influence of past subjective poverty on migration choice and to determine the impact of migration on current subjective poverty perception. Using a simultaneous bivariate ordered probit model, we found that poorer individuals in Egypt tend to migrate more than others. Migration was found to be a significant determinant of current poverty in Egypt. Finally, migration improved migrant’s financial situation.
Yehudith Kahn; Audrey Dumas; Yovav Eshet; Nir Billfeld. Migration and Subjective Poverty in sending countries: An analysis of the Egyptian case. Migration Letters 2014, 11, 353 -367.
AMA StyleYehudith Kahn, Audrey Dumas, Yovav Eshet, Nir Billfeld. Migration and Subjective Poverty in sending countries: An analysis of the Egyptian case. Migration Letters. 2014; 11 (3):353-367.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYehudith Kahn; Audrey Dumas; Yovav Eshet; Nir Billfeld. 2014. "Migration and Subjective Poverty in sending countries: An analysis of the Egyptian case." Migration Letters 11, no. 3: 353-367.
Yovav Eshet; Keren Grinautski; Yehuda Peled; Casimir Barczyk. No More Excuses - Personality Traits and Academic Dishonesty in Online Courses. Journal of Statistical Science and Application 2014, 2, 1 .
AMA StyleYovav Eshet, Keren Grinautski, Yehuda Peled, Casimir Barczyk. No More Excuses - Personality Traits and Academic Dishonesty in Online Courses. Journal of Statistical Science and Application. 2014; 2 (3):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYovav Eshet; Keren Grinautski; Yehuda Peled; Casimir Barczyk. 2014. "No More Excuses - Personality Traits and Academic Dishonesty in Online Courses." Journal of Statistical Science and Application 2, no. 3: 1.
There is a disagreement among researchers in regard to academic dishonesty in online as compared to traditional learning settings. Based on this, the aim of the current study was to investigate the connection between academic dishonesty in the virtual versus face-to face teaching/learning settings in relation to students' learning motivation, while examining the phenomenon from a cross-cultural perspective. The sample consisted of 1,574 participants - 803 from USA and 771 from Israel. The results showed that there are significant differences in students' likelihood to engage in academic dishonesty based on the type of course, such that students in face-to-face courses are more likely to engage in acts of academic dishonesty than their counterparts in online courses. In addition, it was found that students' propensity to engage in academic dishonesty is explained by motivational orientation, type of course, and age. The findings were consistent across student groups in both countries. The phenomenon can be explained by the fact that more intrinsically motivated students self-select online as opposed to traditional classroom courses, and because online instruction facilitates increasing levels of intrinsic motivation.
Yovav Eshet; Yehuda Peled; Keren Grinautski. I did not know its prohibited - Academic dishonesty in online courses. 2012 6th International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies (AICT) 2012, 1 -4.
AMA StyleYovav Eshet, Yehuda Peled, Keren Grinautski. I did not know its prohibited - Academic dishonesty in online courses. 2012 6th International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies (AICT). 2012; ():1-4.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYovav Eshet; Yehuda Peled; Keren Grinautski. 2012. "I did not know its prohibited - Academic dishonesty in online courses." 2012 6th International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies (AICT) , no. : 1-4.
This research examines two modes of assessment of environmental health risks and the transformation of these risks into public health issues while relying on the specific case of well‐water toxicity and mega dose of electromagnetic radiation found in one prosperous town in the center of Israel – Ramat ha‐Sharon. Based on official and scientific documentation and interviews conducted at three time periods with randomly selected town residents from contaminated neighborhoods (N = 169), this study shows the discrepancy between the ‘objective’ experts’ standards for assessing environmental health risks and the public’s subjective perception and evaluation of the impact of these risks on their health and well‐being. Even though, by experts’ standards, the well‐water toxicity remained constant over the three interview sessions, Ramat ha‐Sharon town residents’ subjective levels of concern and perception of risk fluctuated as a function of news media and municipality announcements and residents’ perceived ability to minimize the risk. This study also shows the complex and multidisciplinary nature of environmental health risk assessments and the need to relocate them into the broader socioeconomic and political context in which they are embedded.
Brenda Geiger; Yovav Eshet. Two worlds of assessment of environmental health issues: the case of contaminated water wells in Ramat ha‐Sharon. Journal of Risk Research 2011, 14, 125 -139.
AMA StyleBrenda Geiger, Yovav Eshet. Two worlds of assessment of environmental health issues: the case of contaminated water wells in Ramat ha‐Sharon. Journal of Risk Research. 2011; 14 (1):125-139.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBrenda Geiger; Yovav Eshet. 2011. "Two worlds of assessment of environmental health issues: the case of contaminated water wells in Ramat ha‐Sharon." Journal of Risk Research 14, no. 1: 125-139.
Yovav Eshet. Coping modes of Zefat citizens during the second Lebanon war. PsycEXTRA Dataset 2010, 1 .
AMA StyleYovav Eshet. Coping modes of Zefat citizens during the second Lebanon war. PsycEXTRA Dataset. 2010; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYovav Eshet. 2010. "Coping modes of Zefat citizens during the second Lebanon war." PsycEXTRA Dataset , no. : 1.
This research investigates the knowledge and myths regarding suicide among students in Israel, and examines whether they are affected by ethnic origin, gender, and religiosity. A random sample of 450 undergraduate students from two colleges was asked to fill out the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ). Knowledge was measured by five SOQ items (α = 0.57) and myths of suicide by 20 SOQ items (α = 0.67). The level of Israeli students' knowledge about suicide is generally good ( X̅ X = 3.21; SD = 0.58). There are significant differences, however, between the Jewish ( n = 266) and Arab ( n = 154) students in knowledge about basic facts of suicide in Israel [( X̅ XArabs = 3.04; X̅ XJews = 3.32; t (419 0.95) = 4.63, p < .001)]. Although both groups share the same educational milieu, the Arab students tend more to believe that suicide rates are higher in Israel, and even more so among people of Asian African origin and minorities. They also perceive suicide by shooting to be the most popular suicide method. There are also significant differences between those groups with respect to their belief in suicide myths [( X̅Arabs = 2.91; SD = 0.40; X̅Jews = 3.17, SD = 0.41; t (419, 0.95) = 6.31, p < 0.01)]. Arabs tend more to relate suicide to lower religious affiliation, mental illness and chronic tendency, and to believe that the victim's relatives know nothing about the coming suicide. No significant differences were found based on religiosity or gender. Discussion focuses on the influence of the different cultural characteristics of lifestyle and the social control systems among Jews and Arabs in Israel on perceptions toward suicide.
Bracha Katz-Sheiban; Yovav Eshet. Facts and Myths about Suicide: A Study of Jewish and Arab Students in Israel. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 2008, 57, 279 -298.
AMA StyleBracha Katz-Sheiban, Yovav Eshet. Facts and Myths about Suicide: A Study of Jewish and Arab Students in Israel. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 2008; 57 (3):279-298.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBracha Katz-Sheiban; Yovav Eshet. 2008. "Facts and Myths about Suicide: A Study of Jewish and Arab Students in Israel." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 57, no. 3: 279-298.
This study examined the extent to which a multiethnic sample of 900 Israeli high school students supported date-rape and victim-blaming attitudes and the predictors of such support. Findings indicate wide support for stereotypes justifying sexual coercion by time and the location of the date, the victim’s behavior, and the minimization of the seriousness of date rape. A regression analysis indicates that students’ gender and age are the strongest predictors of rape-tolerant and victim-blaming attitudes. Socioeconomic status and religious orientation explain a small proportion of the variance in the support of such attitudes. By contrast, no significant relationship is indicated with ethnicity. Alternative sex-education and rape-prevention programs must address date-rape and victim-blaming attitudes and make students of both genders aware of various factors that continue to be misread as an invitation to have sex and put them at high risk of experiencing sexual coercion on a date.
Brenda Geiger; Michael Fischer; Yovav Eshet. Date-Rape-Supporting and Victim-Blaming Attitudes Among High School Students in a Multiethnic Society. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2004, 19, 406 -426.
AMA StyleBrenda Geiger, Michael Fischer, Yovav Eshet. Date-Rape-Supporting and Victim-Blaming Attitudes Among High School Students in a Multiethnic Society. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2004; 19 (4):406-426.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBrenda Geiger; Michael Fischer; Yovav Eshet. 2004. "Date-Rape-Supporting and Victim-Blaming Attitudes Among High School Students in a Multiethnic Society." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 19, no. 4: 406-426.