“Anything worth winning is worth cheating for”? Determinants of cheating behavior among business and theology students

Meiseberg, Brinja; Ehrmann, Thomas; Prinz, Aloys

doi:10.1007/s11573-016-0842-4

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“…Cheating is frequent among students at high-schools and universities. In the USA, about 50% of all high school students reported having cheated on an exam at least once in the last year (e.g., Cizek and Wollack, 2017a;Meiseberg et al, 2017) and about 10% of all university students admitted having copied from other examinees (e.g., McCabe, 2016). Given the high prevalence of cheating, it is no surprise that the causes, the detection and the prevention of cheating have been investigated intensively.…”

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The Detection of Cheating on E-Exams in Higher Education—The Performance of Several Old and Some New Indicators

Ranger

Schmidt

Wolgast³

2020

Front. Psychol.

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In this paper, we compare the performance of 18 indicators of cheating on e-exams in higher education. Basis of the study was a field experiment. The experimental setting was a computer assisted mock exam in an introductory course on psychology conducted at a university. The experimental manipulation consisted in inducing two forms of cheating (pre-knowledge, test collusion) in a subgroup of the examinees. As indicators of cheating, we consider well-established person-fit indices (e.g., the U3 statistic), but also several new ones based on process data (e.g., response times). The indicators were evaluated with respect to their capability to separate the subgroup of the cheaters from the remaining examinees. We additionally employed a classification tree for detecting the induced cheating behavior. With this proceeding, we aimed at investigating the detectability of cheating in the day-to-day educational setting where conditions are suboptimal (e.g., tests with low psychometric quality are used). The indicators based on the number of response revisions and the response times were capable to indicate the examinees who cheated. The classification tree achieved an accuracy of 0.95 (sensitivity: 0.42/specificity: 0.99). In the study, the number of revisions was the most important predictor of cheating. We additionally explored the performance of the indicators to predict the specific form of cheating. The specific form was identified with an accuracy of 0.93.

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The Detection of Cheating on E-Exams in Higher Education—The Performance of Several Old and Some New Indicators

Ranger

Schmidt

Wolgast³

2020

Front. Psychol.

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“…In discussing why students devised techniques to cheat, some researchers have argued that sanctions for the violation of every codes and conducts have been explicitly stated by every educational institution, so if students go out their way to cheat, these sanctions should be meted out on them [13,30,31].…”

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“…ese researchers further argued that students have a moral obligation not to cheat, yet, their actions are directly opposite to what is expected of them [12,13,30,31]. ey go to great lengths to indulge in the act irrespective of the consequences [13], from writing on their thighs to learning how to sit in a formation manner to cheat.…”

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Innovative Approaches to Cheating: An Exploration of Examination Cheating Techniques among Tertiary Students

Odongo

Agyemang

Forkuor

2021

Education Research International

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The prevalence and surge in academic cheating indicate that students are finding innovative techniques to cheat during examinations. This problem has left invigilators and academic stakeholders wondering how students manage to cheat during exams. With a qualitative approach, this study sought to explore the techniques used by students during examinations. Data were gathered from students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The findings revealed that the innovative techniques used by students were sitting arrangements, use of body parts, entry of foreign materials, and the use of technology. Students devised these techniques due to their perception of cheating and also poor institutional mechanism, which provided a favourable ground for cheating. We, therefore, argue that, to curtail academic cheating, not only should educational authorities and academic stakeholders improve institutional mechanism to prevent cheating, as it is the case, but also, a conscious effort should be made to alter student’s perception of cheating.

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“…It is faced by all countries. This crisis became an international concern (Abdulghani et al, 2018;Hartono, 2018), and bothered because many students are expected to become future leaders (Abdulghani et al, 2018;Meiseberg et al, 2017). Cheating factors are influenced by gender, peer pressure, and fear of significant failure (Ifeagwazi et al, 2019).…”

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The implementation of guidance and counseling services in overcoming the cheating habit of high school students

Pranowo

Santoso

2021

konseli

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This study aims to determine the implementation of guidance and counseling services conducted by the counselor at SMA N 1 Pajangan in overcoming student cheating problems. Research conducted in this study uses qualitative methods with a descriptive approach. There are two data used in this study, namely primary data and secondary data. Data collection techniques are used observation and interviews. The data analysis used was data reduction, data creation, and conclusions. The result of this study is counselors provide guidance and counseling services to overcome cheating behavior by collaborating with subject teachers. The services cover student experiences with motivation. The conclusion is the role of guidance and counseling teachers on students’ cheating habits is very good. There is a cooperation between counselors and subject teachers to be able to overcome this problem.

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“Anything worth winning is worth cheating for”? Determinants of cheating behavior among business and theology students

Cited by 12 publications

References 70 publications

The Detection of Cheating on E-Exams in Higher Education—The Performance of Several Old and Some New Indicators

The Detection of Cheating on E-Exams in Higher Education—The Performance of Several Old and Some New Indicators

Innovative Approaches to Cheating: An Exploration of Examination Cheating Techniques among Tertiary Students

The implementation of guidance and counseling services in overcoming the cheating habit of high school students

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