University students’ understanding of contract cheating: a qualitative case study in Kuwait

Erguvan, Inan Deniz

doi:10.1186/s40468-022-00208-y

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“…To tackle this, the language center tried various methods as explained in "The implementation of THE". Some teachers also talked with students about cheating and its consequences, like suggested by McCabe et al (2012) and by participants in Erguvan (2022). Despite these efforts, however, misbehavior in THE was still the biggest concern of our participants.…”

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The impact of 24-h take-home exam on language learning and teaching on the China campus of a British university

Ye,

Yang,

Qie

et al. 2024

Lang Test Asia

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Take-home exam (THE) use has been reported in various disciplines, but research on THE use in language modules in higher education appears to be scarce. The current study employed surveys and interviews to examine how the shift to written THE, in place of the traditional in-class exam (ICE) during the pandemic, impacted language learning and teaching on the China campus of a British university. Additionally, correlation analyses were conducted with ranking data of students from the same cohort under THE and ICE to explore patterns in student performance under these exam conditions. In surveys and interviews, teachers reported that their teaching foci did not change under THE, while many students reported that their learning practices were different under THE and ICE. Students also exhibited a tendency to spend more time practicing skills that they expected to be assessed in the exam. Overall, both teachers and students expressed preference for ICE, with many raising concerns about fairness issues in THE. Furthermore, correlation analyses showed that, overall, for a given group of students, written ICE rankings exhibited strong correlations with each other but written THE rankings did not, suggesting relative instability of THE results. However, when written THE and oral ICE results from the same module are combined, the resultant rankings strongly correlated with pure ICE rankings. This indicates that combining ICE and THE components for assessment could help mitigate some perceived shortcomings, including the instability issue, of THE used alone.

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Section: Exam Design and Fairnessmentioning

confidence: 83%

The impact of 24-h take-home exam on language learning and teaching on the China campus of a British university

Ye,

Yang,

Qie

et al. 2024

Lang Test Asia

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“…Coupled with their desire to get good grades, it is easier for them to use unfair means such as plagiarism and copying. Also, the method where students submit work instead of taking exams, which was used a lot during the pandemic, is something that helped many students pass the courses, but again very high rates of plagiarism were recorded (Click, 2014;Erguvan, 2022).…”

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Attitudes of Greek Undergraduate Students Towards Issues of Fraud and Plagiarism during Their Studies

Melikidou,

Kyridis

2023

IJLD

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This research aimed in revealing attitudes of Greek undergraduates’ students towards issues of fraud and plagiarism during their studies. That’s because there are many cases where students choose to copy from others or to cheat in their exams and it’s something that many universities try to overcome and avoid. The sample of our study consisted of 250 people studying in various faculties of Greek universities throughout the country. Their answers were analyzed in a questionnaire using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Students’ answers revealed that almost all students at least once in their lifetime have cheated or copied in their homework or in their exams, even though the majority of them knew the effects that plagiarism has in the university community. They state that there are many reasons that have led them there with the most frequent ones being the lack of time, the pressure from the multitude of obligations, the absence of strict controls from the teachers and their desire to succeed.

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“…They show the reasons for cheating done by visually impaired college-level students. A significant threat in higher education around the globe is the completion of assignments through outsources or completed by others (Erguvan, 2022).…”

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A Phenomenological Study on Academic Cheating behaviors Exhibited by Visually Impaired College Students

Ashraf

Iqbal

2022

RAMSS

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Students with visual impairment are academically disadvantaged due to visual impairment that lets them indulge in academically dishonest behavior cheating. Academic cheating at the college level demolishes the personality and moral values of any individual. This study intended to explore academic cheating behavior in visually impaired students at the college level. This study was qualitative in approach and exploratory in nature. The sample of the study included 20 teachers working in colleges in the Lahore district that were selected from the larger group of the population for this study. A self-developed semi-structured interview was used as a tool for data collection. The validity of the instrument was assured by the experts' opinions related to the field of special education. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed through an extensive literature review and pilot testing. Data were analyzed through thematic analysis. Three major themes were drawn from the thematic analysis i.e, teachers’ perception of academic cheating, the nature of academic cheating, and remedies to eliminate academic cheating. The findings of the study revealed that the maximum number of respondents were females who reported that visually impaired students do cheating if they get the opportunity. Additionally, the majority of the respondents stated that visually impaired students are involved in various academic cheating styles due to prevalent corruption in society. The study recommended special moral training lectures by the veteran of motivation and counseling to visually impaired students at the college level periodically. Moreover, teachers at the college level should promote academic integrity in their respective classes.

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University students’ understanding of contract cheating: a qualitative case study in Kuwait

Cited by 8 publications

References 61 publications

The impact of 24-h take-home exam on language learning and teaching on the China campus of a British university

The impact of 24-h take-home exam on language learning and teaching on the China campus of a British university

Attitudes of Greek Undergraduate Students Towards Issues of Fraud and Plagiarism during Their Studies

A Phenomenological Study on Academic Cheating behaviors Exhibited by Visually Impaired College Students

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