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Plagiarism : the cultural outbreak
… and theoretical exploration of literary plagiarism. Chapter One traces various definitions of plagiarism and contrasts plagiarism with copyright infringement. It is argued that plagiarism is a social construct which cannot be defined solely in terms of textual features and must be …
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A study on plagiarism detection and plagiarism direction identification using natural language processing techniques
… intellectual property theft. As concerns over plagiarism grow, more attention has been directed towards automatic plagiarism detection. This is a computational approach which assists humans in judging whether pieces of texts are plagiarised. However, most existing plagiarism detection …
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An Anti-Plagiarism Add-on for Web-CAT
Plagiarism is a major problem in every discipline and Computer Science courses are no different. It is very common for students to submit their peers programming assignment as their own. This practice is unfair and also halts the learning process of the students who choose to copy. This research …
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Listening to undergraduate Chinese students' perspectives on plagiarism
… educators is Chinese students' perceptions of plagiarism. Some scholars argue that as a Confucian heritage culture, Chinese students are more likely to plagiarize (Deckert 1992, Grimshaw 2007, Pennycook 1995, Sowden 2005). While others claim this characterization is reductionist and even racist …
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Finding Their Ground: Nigerian Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Plagiarism
The essence of plagiarism is whether any individual can claim ownership of thoughts, words, and ideas. Social norms and culture influence each person’s perception of plagiarism. U.S. culture, which embraces individuality and values individual ownership, views plagiarism as unethical. Conversely, …
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Imitation, not theft: a mixed-methods study of plagiarism
… contexts correlate with higher rates of plagiarism? and: is the education students receive about plagiarism in lower-level composition classes transferable to new composing contexts? The research conducted at Dalton State College includes the analysis of records kept by its Dean of …
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Researching Plagiarism and Technology in Second Language Writing: “Becomings”
… technology in their academic writing, and how plagiarism may, or may not, relate to this process. As such, the research objectives of this study can be understood as: 1) to think differently about the interconnections between plagiarism and technology in L2 writing; and 2) to see what happens …
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Multilingual writers' unintentional plagiarism: action research in college composition
<p>This study investigates the awareness of plagiarism and MLA citations among multilingual college students. It is an example of action research that began Fall Quarter 2013. The study conducted at Eastern Washington University in an English Composition for Multilingual Writers class involved …
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Plagiarism and Proprietary Authorship in Early Modern England, 1590-1640
… has been previously recognized. Accusations of plagiarism were a means of discrediting a rival, although in this capacity their import also depended largely upon one’s perspective. In the absence of established trade customs, writers had to subscribe to the proprieties of the institutions with …
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Claiming your ideas to be mine: Moderators of unintentional plagiarism
Contains fulltext : 116863.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Occurrence of plagiarism in the writing of international graduate business students and its detection by SafeAssign
The study investigates instances of plagiarism in essays of 23 international business students written for an ESL business communication course. The students’ papers were checked for plagiarism manually and by SafeAssign, a plagiarism detection platform within Blackboard’s compass2g. The findings …
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Plagiarism among undergraduate students in the faculty of applied science at a South African higher education institution
The purpose of this study was to investigate plagiarism among undergraduate students at a higher education institution in South Africa. There is evidence from previous studies that plagiarism is increasing world wide among higher education students. The emergence of the Internet has made …
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An exploration of plagiarism: the perceptions of senior nurses in the context of professionalism and patient care
The incidence of plagiarism in higher education has increased over the decades as assessment strategies widened and moved away from pure examinations (Ober, Simon, Scott and Elson, 2013). This has repercussions especially in nursing, where nurses are required to be honest and have professional …
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An investigation of the perceptions and attitudes of postgraduate students interacting with Turnitin: the case of the University of Stellenbosch Business School
… is growing concern around increased levels of plagiarism. Gullifer and Tyson (2010, p. 463) claim that plagiarism is growing at a rapid rate, and universities are now required to devote enough time and resources to combating it. South African universities have also found themselves to be …
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Patterns of Plagiarism Behavior in the ESL Classroom and the Effectiveness of Instruction in Appropriate Use of Sources
… these ESL graduate students had knowledge of plagiarism prior to taking the ESL class. However, their understanding of plagiarism did not stop them from plagiarizing in their essays. After receiving instruction in appropriate source use, students' plagiarism behavior changed in the following …
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Factors influencing students to engage on risks of academic cheating at the University of Zululand
… to engage on risks of academic cheating and plagiarism at the University of Zululand The specific objectives of the study are: To establish the factors influencing students to take risks on academic cheating during examinations and plagiarism. To explore the extent of the awareness on the …
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Understanding academic integrity and plagiarism in the digital age: Can digital forensics techniques help prevent and detect academic misconduct?
… was meant to be individual work, copy-and-paste plagiarism, or for some, when the challenges of completing work on time become too great, turning to an essay mill to complete their work on their behalf. Approaches to ensuring academic integrity focus on prevention, detection and penalty, and …
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