Abstract

This study examined the relationships among undergraduates' perception and behavior of cheating in examinations and their academic achievement. Subjects in this study consisted of 1,410 undergraduates who are attending the second and third grade of one university in Chungbuk. They were asked to rate the questionnaires concerning perception and behavior of cheating in examinations and their academic achievement. Statistical procedures were frequencies, correlation analysis, t-test, and two-way ANOVA. The results were as follows: (1) The results showed that undergraduates' cheating in examinations was wide spread. (2) There were positively significant correlations between perception and behavior of cheating in examinations. But there were negatively significant correlations between perception of cheating in examinations and academic achievement, and between behavior of cheating in examinations and academic achievement. (3) There was not difference in the level of behavior of cheating in examinations by grades, but there was difference in the level of behavior of cheating in examinations by sexes. That is, the level of behavior of cheating in examinations was higher in the male undergraduates than the female undergraduates. (4) The level of academic achievement was higher in the undergraduates of nonexistence of cheating in examinations than the undergraduates of existence of cheating in examinations. The implications and limitations of these findings were discussed and directions for future studies were also proposed.