Creating awareness of plagiarism among postgraduates in a postgraduate course through a talk
Submitting plagiarised works at the postgraduate level is not a manifestation of a positive researcher character; yet, such an academic crime appears to be common among students. Although the crime committed may either be intentional or unintentional, the need to prevent this from happening is nec...
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| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10457/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10457/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10457/1/14040-38535-1-SM.pdf |
| Summary: | Submitting plagiarised works at the postgraduate level is not a manifestation of a positive researcher character; yet,
such an academic crime appears to be common among students. Although the crime committed may either be intentional
or unintentional, the need to prevent this from happening is necessary. Hence, to curb this problem, a minor change in
the course structure was made to a postgraduate course in UKM. This change was in the form of introducing a talk on
plagiarism in the course activities. The talk on plagiarism was presented to the students at the beginning of the semester
to create awareness of the various forms of plagiarism, the implications of plagiarism, and ways of preventing it. This
talk was followed by an investigation on the students’ understanding of the subject matter through their reflective diary
entries. Results show that the talk has succeeded in getting the students to understand the forms of plagiarism and ways
of preventing plagiarism. |
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