Secondary Schools Student’s Perception of Examination Malpractices and Examination Ethics

Alutu, Azuka N. G.; Aluede, Oyaziwo

doi:10.1080/09709274.2006.11905942

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“…The methods proposed here are as a consequence to the wrong belief of students reported by Alutu and Aluede [4] that examination ethics entail, among others, sitting next to someone in order to copy from his or her paper in the examination hall. Thus, sitting arrangement during examination can influence or aid examination malpractice; and so to disorganize any formation that could lead to examination malpractice, this paper therefore proposes some methods visa-vice re-arrangement of questions or options of questions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is anything that is done wrongly before, during and even after the examination. [4]. It occurs both in internal and external examinations.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In short, it has become a plague, an epidemic and a great problem in national examination system [23 and 24] which needs prompt attention even though it is believed that it will be difficult to get it eradicated [4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adoption of Latin Square Experimental Design in Minimizing Cheating During Examination

Ayinde¹

2012

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Sitting arrangement of students during examination has been observed as a fundamental factor that can influence or aid cheatings/examination malpractices. This paper therefore proposed and investigated statistically some methods of overcoming the problem of sitting arrangement, and thus reduces examination malpractice especially when examination questions are basically objective. The first method requires dividing the n number of questions into p groups, , n p  such that the first question in each group has all the information needed to answer other questions which may be in the group. The second method requires using the number of different options ) ( p in a question instead of dividing the n number of questions into p groups. In each method, a p p  Latin Square Design is then formed from which k blocks are randomly chosen,. The order of arrangement in each i block ; ,..., 2 , 1 k i  is then followed to re-organize the questions/options into k different groups/types of questions. The question papers after printing are arranged and parceled such that a question paper from each i different group/type of questions is allowed to follow each other. The other proposed method is a combination of the two methods to form a two factor experimental design. Statistical investigations of these methods revealed that the students are not at any disadvantage in term of their performances as a result of different re-arrangements of questions. The methods are thus recommended for usage.

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“…It is anything that is done wrongly before, during and even after the examination. [4]. It occurs both in internal and external examinations.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adoption of Latin Square Experimental Design in Minimizing Cheating During Examination

Ayinde¹

2012

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“…Behrman, Parker, Todd, and Wolpin (2015) reported extensive student cheating when monetary rewards were promised if their mathematics scores were improved during the test. This side effect is likely to be serious in developing countries whose educational system is long known to be plagued by various forms of cheating and corruption (Alutu & Aluede, 2006;Heyneman, 2004;Heyneman, Anderson, & Nuraliyeva, 2007;Kobiowu & Alao, 2009;Osipian, 2009;Vlaardingerbroek, Shehab, & Alameh, 2011). Indian parents scaling the school wall to help their children cheat on the important secondary school exit exam in 2015 is just one recent example (Dearden, 2015).…”

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Do Pay-for-Grades Programs Encourage Student Cheating? Evidence from a randomized experiment

Li¹,

Zhou²

2017

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Pay-for-grade programs were adopted in many schools within the past two decades. Despite doubts over its effectiveness in improve students performances, educators worry that monetary incentive could skew student learning motivation and lead to academic cheating. Due to data limitation, there has been scant empirical study on this issue. Using a randomized control trial in Chinese migrant primary schools, we studied the effects of pay-for-grades programs on academic cheating. We provide new insights into the feasibility of such policy to improve learning outcomes, show concerning levels of cheating in Chinese migrant schools, and discuss its policy implications.

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“…Thus, students do a lot of last minute cramming even when they did not actually work hard during the course. Another challenge is that of cheating or exam malpractice where students and sometimes even parents and supposed exam supervisors indulge in all forms of irregular and unorthodox practices to ensure that students pass by all means (Alutu & Aluede, 2006) and once they have passed, they are not bothered whether they forget all that they have learned or not. Some students, for certain reasons such as ill-health, emotional trauma, as in the loss of loved ones, a parent, lack of adequate preparation, etc may not do well in a test given at such a time.…”

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Managing Language Testing in Nigerian Large Classes: Processes and Prospects

Abioye¹

2010

ELT

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The demand for literacy in a developing country like Nigeria has multiple results such as the expansion, by leaps and bounds, of the average Nigerian classroom. This paper highlights the reasons for large classes in Nigerian secondary schools, the educational and psychological dimensions of language testing in large classes, the challenges of such classes and how they affect achievement and in the long run, the standard of education. It also tasks the proficiency levels of English Language teachers especially in the area of testing and points out new paradigms in language testing, particularly in large classes from the two perspectives of human and infrastructural development, and teacher empowerment and initiatives. The study suggests methods of improving language testing in large classes through pragmatic techniques.

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Secondary Schools Student’s Perception of Examination Malpractices and Examination Ethics

Cited by 27 publications

References 3 publications

Adoption of Latin Square Experimental Design in Minimizing Cheating During Examination

Adoption of Latin Square Experimental Design in Minimizing Cheating During Examination

Do Pay-for-Grades Programs Encourage Student Cheating? Evidence from a randomized experiment

Managing Language Testing in Nigerian Large Classes: Processes and Prospects

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