people cheating in exams?

Question

why?
how do they cheat?
how to prevent cheating?
what are the disadvantage/ consequences if one cheat in exams?
some other useful informAation, sites books...

plz help, for a report in school. thanks.

Answer 1

Why?
They are afraid of failure

How:
Copy another person's paper
Writing answers on tehir hands/body parts
Nowadays using cellphone/calculator by storing information

Consequnces:
Disciplinary actions by the schools (getting an F on the paper, detention, suspension, calling of the parents, etc.)

Not bieng able to learn the material

Here are some sites that may be helpful..
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=286&id=1427
http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=25419&pageIndex=1
http://teachopolis.org/justice/cheating/cheating_how_to.htm

Hope that helps :)

Answer 2

i see people cheating all the time.
they just look at other people's answers and copy them directly
they do it for a better score so they can feel better about themselves
if you get caught, you could be sent out of the exam area
you would immediatly fail the exam
for some sites on this topic, try:

http://www.ask.com

http://www.google.com

http://www.yahoo.com

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