Understanding and Attitudes of University Students towards Plagiarism in Academic Writing at the University

Abstract

In the academic world, plagiarism is prone to occur. Academic dishonesty has emerged as a major concern and difficulty for the educational system, with plagiarism being one of them. The goal of this research is to find out the understanding and attitudes of students towards plagiarism in academic writing. This research made use of qualitative research methods and using a qualitative approach with a questionnaire measuring instrument. based on the results of the overall understanding of students obtained, namely strongly agree (42.6%), agree (43.7%), disagree (4.2%), and strongly disagree (1.6%). While based on the results of Students' attitudes towards plagiarism as a whole obtained, namely strongly agree (37.9%), agree (51.2%), disagree (6.3%), and strongly disagree (4.6%). So the attitude of students at the university shows a negative attitude towards plagiarism in academic writing at the university. With this study, it is hoped that students will become more open and understand the concept of understanding plagiarism and what behaviors can be indicated in plagiarism behavior. So far, students are quite familiar with the basic concepts of plagiarism but still cannot apply them correctly and appropriately. and it can be concluded that there is a tendency for university students to have a more negative attitude/reject plagiarism in academic writing at the university