An Exploration of Undergraduate Students’ Understanding of What Constitutes Plagiarism
Presentation Type
Poster Session
Location
Burnett Honors College
Start Date
14-10-2011 5:30 PM
End Date
14-10-2011 7:00 PM
Description/Abstract
The authors previously reported evidence that in a UCF Web-based course, up to 77% of students copied and pasted their essay responses from Web sites. Moreover, 33% of these statements on the essay exam question were plagiarized by students (Whitten, Collins, Maleski, & Mottarella, 2009). In one study by Frose et. al. (1995), approximately half of students did not know how to properly cite a source. Clearly, plagiarism is a problem in higher education that cannot be ignored at any university that places value on academic integrity. The present study explores what undergraduate students believe constitutes plagiarism.
An Exploration of Undergraduate Students’ Understanding of What Constitutes Plagiarism
Burnett Honors College
The authors previously reported evidence that in a UCF Web-based course, up to 77% of students copied and pasted their essay responses from Web sites. Moreover, 33% of these statements on the essay exam question were plagiarized by students (Whitten, Collins, Maleski, & Mottarella, 2009). In one study by Frose et. al. (1995), approximately half of students did not know how to properly cite a source. Clearly, plagiarism is a problem in higher education that cannot be ignored at any university that places value on academic integrity. The present study explores what undergraduate students believe constitutes plagiarism.