Students cheat for various reasons such as a lack of confidence in their abilities, pressure to perform well, poor study skills, motivation by grades alone without understanding the importance of learning, and a perception of few consequences for cheating. Surveys show that a majority of high school and college students admit to some form of cheating, and many do not believe cheating is wrong or that they will get caught. Specific statistics found that over 70% of high school students reported serious cheating and over half of college students admitted to cheating on exams or written assignments.

16. EFFECT OF
CHEATING
DEFINITION OF
CHEATING
WHY STUDENTS
CHEAT
HOW TO PREVENT
CHEATING

17. Cheating is the getting of
reward for ability by
dishonest means. It is
generally used for the
breaking of rules to gain
unfair advantage in a
competitive situation

18. Students cheat when
they lack confidence
with their ability
Students cheat when they
feel pressure to do well
students might cheat because
they have poor study skills that
prevent them from keeping up
with the material
students are highly motivated by
grades and might not see a
relationship between learning and
grades
Laziness
Students might perceive a lack
of consequences for cheating

21. According to surveys in U.S. News and World Report :
• 80% of “high-achieving” high school students admit to cheating.
• 51% of high school students did not believe cheating was wrong.
• 95% of cheating high school students said that they had not been detected.
• 75% of college students admitted cheating, and 90% of college students didn’t believe
cheaters would be caught.
• Almost 85% of college students said cheating was necessary to get ahead.
Professor Donald McCabe, leading expert in academic integrity, in a May 2001 study
of over 4500 high school students, found the following :
• 72% of students reported one or more instances of serious cheating on written work
• 15% had submitted a paper obtained in large part from a term paper mill or website
• 52% had copied a few sentences from a website w/o citing the source
• over 45% admitted to collaborating inappropriately with others on assignments
• In a sample of 1,800 students at nine state universities:
• 70% of the students admitted to cheating on exams
• 84% admitted to cheating on written assignments
• 52% had copied a few sentences from a website w/o citing the source