Abstract

SANTOS, Everton Diniz dos. Cheat in school exams: a statistical analysis of human behavior. Acta Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.41, e41304.  Epub Jan 02, 2019. ISSN 2178-5201.  https://doi.org/10.4025/actascieduc.v41i1.41304.

ABSTRACT. Cheating in exams is a great educational problem which cause bad effects both for the people than for the country. This behavior is usually inihibited by repression and prophylactic ways, such as punishment and the limitation of the number of items carried during the exams respectively. Thus, this study proposes to identify the behavioral profile of students to assist in the elaboration of appropriate strategies to reduce the frequency of cheating in exams. To perform this study was made a popular research which inquired about the behavior of persons who cheatings during exams, and others who never cheated in any exam. The results highlight the importance of to know who are the students in class to establish a correct teaching-learning process because the acts of cheatings differs significantly between groups of persons with different genres, religious options, level of study, and other elements elucidated in this study.

Keywords : cheating in exams; behavior; exams; student; teaching-learning.

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