Students in the HSC test room. (photo of Sydney Morning Herald)
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, more than half of last year`s high school completion certificate test (HSC) was done by students who took the history and English exams.
Of the 27 cheaters arrested, 9 were taking the examination for human society and its environment (ancient and modern history), while six were taking the English exam. Of the students caught cheating, only 2 were taking the math test and 3 were taking the science exam.
Brittag (Tracey Bretag), the founding editor and associate professor of the international journal (International Journal for Educational Integrity), says more cheaters may have escaped the scrutiny of the New State Bureau of Education Standards (NSW Education Standards Authority).
Research shows that about 2.4 percent of students admit to cheating on exams, Mr. Rettag said.
While most of the causes of cheating are college-related, Brittag says high school is going to be different. "before they came to us, they had learned about the behavior of academic integrity."
Breitag said that although the HSC fraud rate was close to 1 percent due to strict surveillance, the number of reported cheating may be higher.
"these numbers are too low to believe," Ratag said. Although they took some action in the exam to make it difficult for students to cheat, I still think the number is too low.
Brittag is not surprised that most cheating is done by students in humanities exams. These tests require them to remember important information, which adds to their anxiety and leads to cheating, says Mr Breitag. But the mathematics examination is different, is more inclined to apply.
It`s not surprising that 60 percent of the cheaters are men and 40 percent are women. "usually we see more men than women, but the difference is small, and over time, the difference will narrow down," he said.
Brittag says there is no long-term study to show how cheating students` personalities evolve later in life. But studies have shown that they are more likely to "cheat" in other aspects of their lives, such as tax evasion, cheating on their spouses, and so on.
