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A Strategy to Reduce Plagiarism in an Undergraduate Course.
- Source :
- Teaching of Psychology; Oct-Dec2009, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p257-261, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- This study evaluated how effective an online academic integrity module was at reducing the occurrence of plagiarism in a written assignment for a university course. In a preintervention comparison group, plagiarism was detected in 25.8% of papers submitted, compared with only 6.5% in the group that completed the academic integrity module. The grades for plagiarized papers were significantly lower than grades for nonplagiarized papers, suggesting that a substantial amount of plagiarism occurs among students who produce relatively poor quality work. These findings indicate that a substantial proportion of plagiarism encountered was the result of inadequate knowledge about proper quotation and citation. The self-instruction module successfully reduced the occurrence of plagiarism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PLAGIARISM
CURRICULUM
STUDENT cheating
COLLEGE students
INTERNET
AUTHORSHIP
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00986283
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Teaching of Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 44651895
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00986280903173165