Skills training to avoid inadvertent plagiarism: results from a randomised control study |
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Authors: | Fiona J. Newton Jill D. Wright Joshua D. Newton |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Marketing, Monash University, Frankston, Australia;2. Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University, Berwick, Australia |
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Abstract: | 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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Keywords: | intervention non-English-speaking background paraphrasing patch writing plagiarism student learning |
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