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students. One student interviewed claimed “I have to sit there for ages and work out how to reference something”; a first year Sports Studies student at the end of her questionnaire wrote “there needs to be more clarification at the start of year 1 as to how to reference and what is classed as plagiarism”. More sessions on referencing, or demonstrating prevention software, such as Turnitin, are next steps in further enhancing student perception and knowledge of plagiarism. This study has shown that there are concrete actions that lecturers , researchers and education developers can take which will make it much less “worth the gamble” for students to plagiarise. Most of these interventions are not about ‘policing’ plagiarism offenders because students believe these are well-policed anyway, but instilling knowledge, skills and awareness so that students are less inclined to want to plagiarise.
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Author: Freewood, M., MacDonald, R. and Ashworth, P. (2003) Why Simply Policing Plagiarism is not the Answer. In Rust, C. (ed.) Improving Student Learning Theory and Practice – 10 Years on, Oxford: OCSLD.
Nicole McNab is the Research Assistant for the Learning and Teaching Development Unit. Nicole was awarded L&T Fast-track funding last academic year examining student perceptions and understanding about plagiarism at the University of Winchester. This paper is the summary of her findings.
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