The prevalence and surge in academic cheating indicate that students are finding innovative techniques to cheat during examinations. This problem has left invigilators and academic stakeholders wondering how students manage to cheat during exams. With a qualitative approach, this study sought to explore the techniques used by students during examinations. Data were gathered from students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The findings revealed that the innovative techniques used by students were sitting arrangements, use of body parts, entry of foreign materials, and the use of technology. Students devised these techniques due to their perception of cheating and also poor institutional mechanism, which provided a favourable ground for cheating. We, therefore, argue that, to curtail academic cheating, not only should educational authorities and academic stakeholders improve institutional mechanism to prevent cheating, as it is the case, but also, a conscious effort should be made to alter student’s perception of cheating.

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创新的作弊方法：大学生考试作弊技巧的探索

学术作弊的流行和激增表明学生正在寻找考试中作弊的创新技术。这个问题使考官和学术利益相关者想知道学生如何在考试中作弊。本研究采用定性方法，试图探索学生在考试中使用的技术。数据来自夸梅·恩克鲁玛科技大学的学生。调查结果表明，学生使用的创新技术包括座位安排，身体部位的使用，异物的进入以及技术的使用。学生们由于对作弊的感知以及较差的制度机制而设计了这些技术，这为作弊提供了有利的基础。因此，我们认为，为了减少学术作弊，