- Title
- An investigation into electronic-source plagiarism in a first-year essay assignment
- Creator
- Ellery, Karen
- Date Issued
- 2008
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70114
- Identifier
- vital:29621
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02602930701772788
- Description
- Since the emergence of the electronic era, plagiarism has become an increasingly prevalent problem at tertiary institutions. This study investigated the role electronic sources of information played in influencing plagiarism in an essay assignment in a first-year geography module at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Despite explicit instruction in tutorials on academic writing, referencing and plagiarism, a quarter of students still plagiarised in their essay, with the majority having done so off the Internet. A survey questionnaire and interviews revealed that not only did the school writing experience prepare students poorly for academic writing discourses, but also highlighted that student ignorance with regard to acknowledgement of electronic sources, a pervasive perception of difference between electronic and print sources, as well as the availability of the copy-and-paste facility which reinforces the product view of writing, all contributed towards electronic-source plagiarism. Active instructional engagement with electronic-source material, and open dialogue on ownership of knowledge as well as on moral and ethical issues with students, are recommended as strategies to overcome such plagiarism.
- Format
- 12 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
- Relation
- Ellery, K., 2008. An investigation into electronic-source plagiarism in a first-year essay assignment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 33(6), pp.607-617.
- Relation
- Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education volume 33 number 6 607 617 2008 1469-297X
- Rights
- Taylor and Francis
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Taylor and Francis Online Open Select Journals Policy(https://www.tandfonline.com/openaccess/openselect)
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