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What are the Perspectives of Day and Evening Nursing Education Students About Cheating?

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Cheating in higher education is a significant problem. The study aims to determine nursing students’ attitudes and opinions toward cheating in exams. The type of research is descriptive. The research data were collected in the classroom environment of 716 students in day and evening education programs. The research data were collected using socio-demographic characteristics form, and the Copying Attitude Scale. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, and variance analysis were used for data analyses. The most common method of cheating was receiving answers by talking to the friend sitting next to the student. The rate of cheating was high in both the day and evening education students. The students reported that most of the cheating occurred in final exams and high-credit major courses. Learning type (day/evening education programs) is not effective in cheating. High-credit major courses have increased the fear of failing the course. The most important reason for cheating in exams was the fear of failing a course.

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    Fatma BAŞALAN İZ & Günferah ŞAHİN

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BAŞALAN İZ, F., ASLANKOÇ, R. & ŞAHİN, G. What are the Perspectives of Day and Evening Nursing Education Students About Cheating?. J Acad Ethics (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-023-09488-2

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