Set up for failure? the impact of assignment complexity on plagiarism by South African postgraduate students

Abstract: Students are more likely to resort to plagiarism in assignments that are complex, especially when certain factors out of their control are present. This article reports on a study that investigated how postgraduate students’ reliance on different types of plagiarism is different between a less complex essay (Bloom’s Level 4) and a more complex essay (Bloom’s Level 6). The essays of 128 students at a comprehensive university in South Africa were coded for six types plagiarism, which were identified in literature. The first pertinent finding was that students furnished fewer citations in a more complex essay. Secondly, copying substantial SAIMS 2017: Competitive stream Page 2 portions of text with limited alteration (a type of plagiarism) remained prevalent between the two essays. Faculty need to ensure that students are adequately prepared in terms of paraphrasing and academic writing to be able to complete more complex essays

Detecting and preventing plagiarism in a foreign language e-learning course

E-learning is becoming an increasingly common if not an essential strategy in academic institutions and the Faculty of Logistics of the University of Maribor, Slovenia is no exception. However, this new teaching mode also brings about new forms of academic misconduct, which is the main topic of this paper. The first proposed methodological approach was to take into account students\u27 general experience, motivation and satisfaction with e-learning from previously undertaken studies. Then students\u27 submitted assignments from the 8-week foreign language course English in Logistics were analyzed with the objective of finding whether the perception of intellectual property rights of those students who had been warned has changed and what the reasons for plagiarism might have been: did plagiarism attempts somewhat diminish, or did students deliberately continue to copy from the internet? What reasons for plagiarizing other than stress resulting from potential problems of integrating contemporary technology into the learning process may there be

Detecting and Preventing Plagiarism in a Foreign Language E-Learning Course

E-learning is becoming an increasingly common if not an essential strategy in academic institutions and the Faculty of Logistics of the University of Maribor, Slovenia is no exception. However, this new teaching mode also brings about new forms of academic misconduct, which is the main topic of this paper. The first proposed methodological approach was to take into account studentsâ?? general experience, motivation and satisfaction with e-learning from previously undertaken studies. Then studentsâ?? submitted assignments from the 8-week foreign language course English in Logistics were analyzed with the objective of finding whether the perception of intellectual property rights of those students who had been warned has changed and what the reasons for plagiarism might have been: did plagiarism attempts somewhat diminish, or did students deliberately continue to copy from the internet? What reasons for plagiarizing other than stress resulting from potential problems of integrating contemporary technology into the learning process may there be