Research on Cheating Perception
UNISZA STUDENT’S PERCEPTION ABOUT CHEATING IN EXAMINATION
NOOR HAZRINA BT ABDUL GHANI
026047
BBA ISLAMIC FINANCE (7)
FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTANCY
UNIVERSITY SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN
APRIL 2012
TOPIC:
UniSZA student’s perception about cheating in examination
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Cheating has always been a problem in academic settings, and with advances in technology such as cell phones, and more pressure for students to score well so that they get into top rated universities, cheating has become an epidemic. At the same time, it has been argued, the moral fiber of society as a whole has started to look less down upon cheating than it did before. A great deal of research has been conducted to study and analyze the growing concern of cheating at the undergraduate level. Over the years, cheating has been considered to be pervasive, irrespective of the fact that academic integrity is one of the most important values of higher education. Cheating takes many forms from simply copying another student’s paper to stealing an exam paper to forging an official university transcript. Cheating has become a disturbing phenomenon for many undergraduate universities around the world. Cheating unfortunately has become a very ordinary part of the lives of many students.
Academic dishonesty is a growing problem and concern for higher education. Studies have indicated between 40% and 60% of students admit cheating to on at least one exam (Jendrek, 1989; Davis, Grover, Becker, & McGregor, 1992 as cited in Davis & Ludvigson, 1995). "Cheating is a term typically used to refer to a wide variety of behaviors considered to be unethical" (Barnett & Dalton, 1981, p. 547-548). Academic dishonesty includes many forms of cheating from copying off another person’s test to plagiarizing information in a term paper. Several reasons have been found for academic dishonesty in the college classroom.
"A diminishing sense of academic integrity" is one
NOOR HAZRINA BT ABDUL GHANI
026047
BBA ISLAMIC FINANCE (7)
FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTANCY
UNIVERSITY SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN
APRIL 2012
TOPIC:
UniSZA student’s perception about cheating in examination
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Cheating has always been a problem in academic settings, and with advances in technology such as cell phones, and more pressure for students to score well so that they get into top rated universities, cheating has become an epidemic. At the same time, it has been argued, the moral fiber of society as a whole has started to look less down upon cheating than it did before. A great deal of research has been conducted to study and analyze the growing concern of cheating at the undergraduate level. Over the years, cheating has been considered to be pervasive, irrespective of the fact that academic integrity is one of the most important values of higher education. Cheating takes many forms from simply copying another student’s paper to stealing an exam paper to forging an official university transcript. Cheating has become a disturbing phenomenon for many undergraduate universities around the world. Cheating unfortunately has become a very ordinary part of the lives of many students.
Academic dishonesty is a growing problem and concern for higher education. Studies have indicated between 40% and 60% of students admit cheating to on at least one exam (Jendrek, 1989; Davis, Grover, Becker, & McGregor, 1992 as cited in Davis & Ludvigson, 1995). "Cheating is a term typically used to refer to a wide variety of behaviors considered to be unethical" (Barnett & Dalton, 1981, p. 547-548). Academic dishonesty includes many forms of cheating from copying off another person’s test to plagiarizing information in a term paper. Several reasons have been found for academic dishonesty in the college classroom.
"A diminishing sense of academic integrity" is one
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