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Academic literacy: Plagiarism in pre-university students’ academic writing

The study examined pre-university students’ awareness and practices of plagiarism. The specific aspects examined were (1) perceived necessity to include citations in assignments, (2) preferred penalties for plagiarism, and (3) academic writing practices.Analysis of questionnaire responses of 28 pr...

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Main Authors: Mah, F., Ting, Su Hie
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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LB Theory and practice of education
LB2300 Higher Education
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8601/1/ACADEMIC%20LITERACY.pdf
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spelling my.unimas.ir.86012022-05-12T08:12:58Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8601/ Academic literacy: Plagiarism in pre-university students’ academic writing Mah, F. Ting, Su Hie LB Theory and practice of education LB2300 Higher Education The study examined pre-university students’ awareness and practices of plagiarism. The specific aspects examined were (1) perceived necessity to include citations in assignments, (2) preferred penalties for plagiarism, and (3) academic writing practices.Analysis of questionnaire responses of 28 pre-university students in a private university showed that the students were aware of necessity to include citations but had inadequate knowledge of citation conventions. A majority of the students felt that plagiarism should be penalised but preferred resubmission of assignments rather than a fail in the course. The most common academic writing practice is patchwork plagiarism where students combine texts from different sources without proper citation and referencing. The findings suggest that the unintentional plagiarism resulting from lack of awareness on plagiarism needs to be addressed in pre-university education. 2013 Proceeding NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8601/1/ACADEMIC%20LITERACY.pdf Mah, F. and Ting, Su Hie (2013) Academic literacy: Plagiarism in pre-university students’ academic writing. In: International Conference on Learning and Teaching 2013, 28-29 June 2013, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. (Unpublished) http://www.academia.edu/5885737/Mah_F._and_Ting_S._H._2013_June_28-29_._Academic_literacy_Plagiarism_in_pre-university_students_academic_writing._Paper_presented_at_International_Conference_on_Learning_and_Teaching_2013_Shah_Alam_Selangor_Malaysia
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Ting, Su Hie
Academic literacy: Plagiarism in pre-university students’ academic writing
description The study examined pre-university students’ awareness and practices of plagiarism. The specific aspects examined were (1) perceived necessity to include citations in assignments, (2) preferred penalties for plagiarism, and (3) academic writing practices.Analysis of questionnaire responses of 28 pre-university students in a private university showed that the students were aware of necessity to include citations but had inadequate knowledge of citation conventions. A majority of the students felt that plagiarism should be penalised but preferred resubmission of assignments rather than a fail in the course. The most common academic writing practice is patchwork plagiarism where students combine texts from different sources without proper citation and referencing. The findings suggest that the unintentional plagiarism resulting from lack of awareness on plagiarism needs to be addressed in pre-university education.
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title_full Academic literacy: Plagiarism in pre-university students’ academic writing
title_fullStr Academic literacy: Plagiarism in pre-university students’ academic writing
title_full_unstemmed Academic literacy: Plagiarism in pre-university students’ academic writing
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url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8601/1/ACADEMIC%20LITERACY.pdf
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