Benue State University, Makurdi
Contemporary Journal of Applied Psychology (CJAP), Vol 6 No 1, March 2019
PREVALENCE OF EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE AMONG STUDENTS IN DISTANT-LEARNING, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA.
Abstract
The study investigated the prevalence of examination malpractice behaviour in distantlearning university, public and private Nigerian universities to identify where examination malpractice is more. A total of 342 (male=211 (61.7%) and females=131(38.3%) students sampled from three universities in Benue State responded to the questionnaire. Their ages ranged between 17 and 50 years, with mean age of 23.9 years and standard deviation of 4.80. The categories of universities were varied as public university and private university and, and their students responded to Perceived Reasons for Academic Cheating Behavior Inventory (PRACBI). ANOVA result showed a statistically significant difference of prevalence at P<.05 level in exam malpractice among private universities, public universities and distant-learning universities in Nigeria [F(2, 339)=8.13, P=000]. The research findings and implications were discussed and recommendations made. |
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Faculty of Social Sciences,
Department of Psychology,
Benue State university,
P.M.B. 102119, Makurdi,
Makurdi.
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