Students cheating on schoolwork - Causes
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Lack of time to study
Pressure
Peers
Parents
can't plan/ manage workload and other activities
study too many subjects in a week
In Vietnam, it is obliged to study 14 subjects in a year
lack of motivation to study
bad habits
Seeing others having higher academic performance
Themselves
procrastination
fatigue
burn out
take study for granted
deem study pointless and useless
see no purpose in studying
high workload
exhaustion
absence of control
excessive stress
It is easy to cheat
technological development
one teacher and many students
hard for them to observe everyone and see who's cheating
cheaters cheat the smart way
write their answers on their thighs, water bottle, food packaging
copying off someone's paper or checking their phones
Force their children to study
Family problems
to be proud
desire to achieve certain goals or expectations
fear of failures
ack of self-confidence
entertain vs study time
Underestimate the severity of fraud
be in competition with other students for their grades
perceive the possibility to cheat without getting caught
not consider cheating as a wrong behavior
have different models of what is considered appropriate help or collaboration
don't understand what comprises plagiarism.
perceive a lack of consequences for cheating
Not spending much time prepare for school work
can't plan/ manage workload and other activities
study too many subjects in a week
bad habits