Postgraduate students' perception of plagiarism, awareness, and use of Turnitin text-matching software.

IF 2.8 1区 哲学 Q1 MEDICAL ETHICS
Isaac Nketsiah, Osman Imoro, Kwaku Anhwere Barfi
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Abstract

Plagiarism is a highly discussed issue in higher education institutions in recent times. Turnitin text-matching software has widely been adopted by many academic institutions in Ghana as one of the solutions to improving students' and faculty academic writing and a solution for detecting incidences of plagiarism. There has been little empirical research into what students actually know about plagiarism and their lived experiences of text-matching technology, despite the fact that a lot of research has looked at attitudes, motivations, and demographic characteristics related to academic dishonesty. This study used an online Google form for data collection. We enrolled 1054 postgraduate students of the University of Cape Coast. The data collected was analyzed using SPSS version 21.0, and the proposed hypothesis was tested using Structural Equation Modeling. Findings show that there was no statistically significant relationship between postgraduate students' academic levels and their perception of plagiarism. However, there is significant relationship between postgraduate students' perception of plagiarism and their use of Turnitin. There is also statistically significant relationship between postgraduate students' awareness of Turnitin and its use. This calls for increased awareness creation and sensitization, which can be accomplished through scientific writing workshops, focused on inculcating ethical research practices into students.

研究生对剽窃行为的看法、认识以及 Turnitin 文本匹配软件的使用情况。
近来,剽窃是高等教育机构中讨论较多的一个问题。Turnitin 文本匹配软件已被加纳许多学术机构广泛采用,作为改善师生学术写作的解决方案之一,也是检测抄袭事件的解决方案之一。尽管有很多研究探讨了与学术不端有关的态度、动机和人口特征,但对学生对抄袭的实际了解以及他们对文本匹配技术的生活体验却鲜有实证研究。本研究使用谷歌在线表格进行数据收集。我们招募了海岸角大学的 1054 名研究生。我们使用 SPSS 21.0 版对收集到的数据进行了分析,并使用结构方程模型对提出的假设进行了检验。研究结果表明,研究生的学术水平与他们对抄袭的看法之间没有统计学意义上的显著关系。但是,研究生对抄袭的认知与他们对 Turnitin 的使用之间存在明显的关系。在统计学上,研究生对 Turnitin 的认识与使用 Turnitin 之间也存在重要关系。这就需要加强意识培养和宣传,可以通过科学写作讲习班来实现,重点是向学生灌输研究道德规范。
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CiteScore
4.90
自引率
14.70%
发文量
49
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Accountability in Research: Policies and Quality Assurance is devoted to the examination and critical analysis of systems for maximizing integrity in the conduct of research. It provides an interdisciplinary, international forum for the development of ethics, procedures, standards policies, and concepts to encourage the ethical conduct of research and to enhance the validity of research results. The journal welcomes views on advancing the integrity of research in the fields of general and multidisciplinary sciences, medicine, law, economics, statistics, management studies, public policy, politics, sociology, history, psychology, philosophy, ethics, and information science. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
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