Strategies for avoiding cheating and preserving academic integrity in tests

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The current study aims at exploring the causes of cheating in tests and directing teachers’ attention towards the most effective strategies for avoiding it.

Within this scope, a questionnaire was administered to uncover the prevalence of cheating in higher education and to detect its causes.

Findings revealed that 70.70% from second-year students admitted that they have cheated in tests.

Furthermore, the following three causes were rank-ordered in the first three positions respectively: competition for grades, parental expectations, and ineffective invigilation by the teacher.

Accordingly, strategies for avoiding cheating and preserving academic integrity were explained mainly through raising students’ consciousness about moral values.