Abstract

This article presents the results of a research that aimed to examine the phenomenon of student cheating on exams in faculties of education in Quebec universities. A total of 573 preservice teachers completed an online survey in 2018. The questionnaire consisted of 28 questions with a Likert scale related to individual and contextual factors associated with the propensity to cheat on exams as well as two yes/no items on the arguments for cheating. Descriptive and hierarchical linear regression analyses highlighted the existence of cheating but also how three factors influenced the students’ propensity to cheat: influence of peers, methods of cheating, and institutional context.

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Title
Exam cheating among Quebec’s preservice teachers: the influencing factors
Author
Fontaine, Sylvie 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Frenette, Eric 2 ; Hébert Marie-Hélène 3 

1  Université du Québec en Outaouais, Pavillon Alexandre-Taché, Département des sciences de l’éducation, Québec, Canada (GRID:grid.265705.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 2112 1125) 
2  Université Laval, Faculté des sciences de l’éducation, Pavillon des Sciences de l’éducation, Département des fondements et pratiques en éducation, Québec (Québec), Canada (GRID:grid.23856.3a) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 8390) 
3  TÉLUQ, Département Éducation, Québec (Québec), Canada (GRID:grid.422889.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 0659 512X) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Dec 2020
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
18332595
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-020-00062-6
ProQuest document ID
2473256364
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.