Cheating is a habit which act dishonestly or fairly in
order to gain some advantages, especially in an examination. Nowadays, the
prevalence of cheating in university across the country becomes higher from
time to time. According to Phillip(2006),research indicates that an astounding
60-70% of college students admit to cheat during exam.This kind of habit
had become a trend among university students to get flying colours in
examination.Although there are many problems that lead to this phenomenon which are students did not attend the class and lack of preparation, there are also alternative solutions to solve these problems.
One of the main problems why the phenomenon has become
popular among students is they did not attend the class. According to Flemming (1992),the
major reasons given by students for non-attendance at lectures were competing assessment
pressure, poor lecturing, timing of the lecture and poor quality of the lecture
content. The students find that the lectures given not interesting and
difficult to understand (Clay and Breslow,2006).Sometimes, a class is good
depends on the style of lecturer in teaching and the subject itself is easy to
learn by the students. Another problem of cheating is the students are lack of
preparation for sitting on examination. The students cannot manage their time
properly because they are busy due to assignments overload.
It is important that action is taken to combat these
serious problems.Professors should play their roles to attract the students to
attend classes. Some of those
methods which are pop quizzes, taking attendance, and giving away test
questions in class will force students
to attend( Clay and
Breslow,2006).So,students must attend for classes because
all the assignment given will provides carrymark and effect the results of
their examination. T Spaeth-Hilbert, T Seufert, S Wesner, (2013)
confirmed that students’ impression of better learning results with
lecture-recordings compared to live-lectures.On the other hand,students have
also a part to play,because if they can manage their time wisely,they
absolutely can answer all questions in examination without cheating.As a
result,the percentage of students who were cheating during examination may be
reduced.
In conclusion, cheating during examination is always a
striking issue in our country’s education.There are many causes on why cheating becomes popular among students.However,with the right action of individuals and lecturers
,the problem of cheating will prevent especially during examination.
References:
Clay, T. And Breslow, L.2006,”Why students Don’t Attend
Class”,MIT Faculty Newsletter, XVIII(4).Retrieved Nov 20,2015,
from http://web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/184/breslow.html
Flemming,N.(1992).Why don’t they attend,Occasional
Paper,Education Unit,Lincoln University.
Phillip C.H.Shon(2006),How College Students Cheat
On In-Class Examinations:Creativity,Strain,and Techniques of Innovation.Retrieved
Nov 21,2015 from http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.5240451.0001.010
