Measuring plagiarism: Researching what students do, not what they say they do

dc.contributor.author	Walker J
dc.date.accessioned	2011-04-14T01:07:50Z
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-06T22:26:29Z
dc.date.available	2011-04-14T01:07:50Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-06T22:26:29Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.description.abstract	Student plagiarism in colleges and universities has become a controversial issue in recent years. A key problem has been the lack of reliable empirical data on the frequency, nature and extent of plagiarism in student assignments. The aim of the study described here was to provide this data. Patterns of plagiarism were tracked in two university business studies assignments involving over 500 students and over 1000 scripts. Turnitin software was used to facilitate the identification of plagiarised material in assignments. The findings confirmed some common assertions about the nature of student plagiarism but did not provide support for a number of others.
dc.identifier.citation	Walker, J. (2010). Measuring plagiarism: researching what students do, not what they say they do. Studies in Higher Education, 35(1), 41-59. doi:10.1080/03075070902912994
dc.identifier.harvested	Massey_Dark
dc.identifier.harvested	Massey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn	0307-5079
dc.identifier.issn	1470-174X
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10179/2252
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Routledge
dc.subject	Plagiarism
dc.subject	Turnitin
dc.subject	Cheating
dc.subject	Assessment
dc.subject	University
dc.title	Measuring plagiarism: Researching what students do, not what they say they do
dc.type	Journal article

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