Relationship between Selected School Determinants and Examination Cheating tendencies among Kenyan Secondary School Students

Owenga John Timon Odhiambo, Raburu Pamela A. and Aloka Peter J. O.
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Owenga John Timon Odhiambo: PhD in Educational Psychology
Raburu Pamela A.: PhD in Educational Psychology
Aloka Peter J. O.: PhD in Educational Psychology

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2018, vol. 9, issue 3, 243-252

Abstract: The present study investigated the relationship between selected school determinants and examination cheating among Kenyan secondary school students. This study used a Sequential Explanatory design in Mixed Methods approach. The target population was 51,900 students in Kisumu County within 153 public secondary schools categorized as 2 National secondary schools, 21 extra county schools, and 130 county and sub-county schools with a total student population of 51,900 in Kisumu County. A simple random sampling technique was used to determine sample size which comprised of 380 respondents since the study was confined within specific ecological boundary which was public secondary schools. Data collection instruments included questionnaires, for general data collection from the respondents and in-depth interview schedules for one to one interview of respondents. The finding of the study shows that there was statistically significant, though weak, positive correlation (r=.211, n=360, p

Keywords: school determinants; examination cheating tendencies; teachers; peer; Secondary School (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/mjss-2018-0066

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