Analysis of cheating among school and college students in virtual exams

Subject Areas : psycology

mehdi shomaliahmadabadi ¹ , atefe barkhordariahmadabadi ²

1 - PhD in Psychology, Education department, Ardakan, Yazd, Iran
2 - Master of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Meybod Branch, Yazd, Iran

Received: 2022-04-07 Accepted : 2022-06-01 Published : 2022-06-22

Keywords: Cheating, Covid-19 pandemic, attitude to cheating, virtual exams,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to analyze cheating among school and college students in virtual exams. The present study is retrospective in terms of purpose and methodological and post-event studies in terms of method. The study population was high school students (1370 people) and undergraduate students in Ardakan (1130 people) who were selected by voluntary sampling of 220 high school students and 236 undergraduate students in the academic year 2021-2022 as a research sample. Were. To collect information, attitudes to cheating questionnaires (appropriate face validity and reliability coefficient of 0.89) and exam cheating methods (appropriate face validity and reliability coefficient of 0.78) and to analyze the data, independent t-test was used. The results showed that Covid-19 increased the rate and attitudes of students to cheat on exams. Also, the mean scores of students in the rate and attitude to cheating were significantly higher than students (P<0.001). Due to the increase in cheating in virtual exams in Pandemic Covid-19, it is necessary to use efficient evaluation methods in virtual exams of schools and universities.

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