Predictors of Examination Integrity among Secondary School Students: Framework for Proactive Actions Against Examination Malpractices
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Publised: 26 September 2023

Predictors of Examination Integrity among Secondary School Students: Framework for Proactive Actions Against Examination Malpractices

Fidelis O. Igbe, Nathaniel Ethe, Moses C. Ossai

Delta State College of Education

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10.31014/aior.1993.06.03.779

Pages: 250-259

Keywords: Examinations, Predictors, Academic Integrity, Malpractices, Proactive Framework

Abstract

This study focused on determination of predictors of academic integrity during examinations among secondary school students. The population consisted of 300,000 final year secondary school students in South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria out of which a sample of 3000 students (1720 females and 1280 males) were selected through multistage proportionate stratified random sampling technique. Analysis of data collected with the aid of Examination Integrity Questionnaire (EIQ) that was adopted and validated by the researchers showed significant influence of students’ gender on academic integrity during examinations with female students having higher mean score on examination integrity. Moreover, Study Habits, Examination Ethics, Examination Anxiety, Moral Background, Examination Attitude and Past Experience were significant predictors of examination integrity of students. Past experience was the strongest predictor of students’ examination integrity. However, there was no significant impact of Age on students’ examination integrity. These findings have implications for preventive actions against examination malpractices. For instance, proactive actions should be targeted at improving students’ study habits, examination anxiety, moral reasoning, attitude towards cheating or examination ethics and subjective norms before they sit for school examinations. This proactive action framework based on the Modified Theory of Planned Behaviour may be more effective in curbing examination malpractices than the extant practice of administering punitive measures after examination ethics violations.

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