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Youmans, Robert J. – Studies in Higher Education, 2011
In two studies, students at California State University, Northridge wrote papers that were checked for plagiarism using plagiarism-detection software. In the first study, half of the students in two classes were randomly selected and told by the professor that their term papers would be scanned for plagiarism using the software. Students in the…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Computer Software, Research Papers (Students), Prediction
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Walker, John – Studies in Higher Education, 2010
Student plagiarism in colleges and universities has become a controversial issue in recent years. A key problem has been the lack of reliable empirical data on the frequency, nature and extent of plagiarism in student assignments. The aim of the study described here was to provide this data. Patterns of plagiarism were tracked in two university…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Assignments, Plagiarism, Business Administration Education
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Ledwith, Ann; Risquez, Angelica – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
A variety of free and commercial software applications designed to detect plagiarism from Internet sources has appeared in recent years. However, their effectiveness and impact on student behaviour has been assumed rather than confirmed. The study presented here explores the responses and perceptions of a group of first year students at an Irish…
Descriptors: Assignments, Plagiarism, Student Attitudes, Computer Software