Skills training to avoid inadvertent plagiarism: results from a randomised control study
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01/01/2014
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Resumo |
Plagiarism continues to be a concern within academic institutions. The current study utilised a randomised control trial of 137 new entry tertiary students to assess the efficacy of a scalable short training session on paraphrasing, patch writing and plagiarism. The results indicate that the training significantly enhanced students' overall knowledge about in-text referencing protocols. Importantly, this knowledge was found to translate into applied skills, with the intervention group performing significantly better in a practical skills application task. Moreover, the findings suggest that it is confidence in writing in English, not language background per se, which plays a significant role in students' practical skills in referencing and their confidence in performing assignment preparation tasks that can help them avoid claims of inadvertent plagiarism. |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Routledge: Taylor & Francis |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30071809/newton-skillstrainingto-2014.pdf http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2014.911257 |
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2014, Taylor & Francis |
Palavras-Chave | #intervention #non-english-speakin background #paraphrasing #patch writing #plagiarism #student learning |
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Journal Article |