Plagiarism : perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergradutes
Plagiarism has been a global issue worldwide and this is not a new issue in tertiary education.The aim of the study was to investigate the perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergraduates on plagiarism. 311 participants (221females and 90 males) of Year 2, Year 3,...
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| description | Plagiarism has been a global issue worldwide and this is not a new issue in tertiary education.The aim of the study was to investigate the perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergraduates on plagiarism. 311 participants (221females and 90 males) of Year 2, Year 3, and Year 4 undergraduates from ten humanities courses in the Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, and the Faculty of Social Sciences in UNIMAS were involved in this study.Besides that, 10 UNIMAS humanities lecturers were interviewed on their understanding of plagiarism,their perceptions on the seriousness of plagiarism, and the reasons for undergraduates’ plagiarism. The study was conducted by using a survey research in which questionnaires
and semi-structured interviews were employed for the purpose of data collection. The results showed that the undergraduates’ ability to identify plagiarism acts was on average and their views on the seriousness of plagiarism acts were also on average.The main reason for undergraduates’ plagiarism in this study was due to poor academic skills. With this study,the undergraduates would have awareness toward the
seriousness of plagiarism acts. |
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| spelling | unimas-69542023-09-11T03:36:37Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6954/ Plagiarism : perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergradutes Mavis, Valentine Jihir L Education (General) Plagiarism has been a global issue worldwide and this is not a new issue in tertiary education.The aim of the study was to investigate the perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergraduates on plagiarism. 311 participants (221females and 90 males) of Year 2, Year 3, and Year 4 undergraduates from ten humanities courses in the Faculty of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, and the Faculty of Social Sciences in UNIMAS were involved in this study.Besides that, 10 UNIMAS humanities lecturers were interviewed on their understanding of plagiarism,their perceptions on the seriousness of plagiarism, and the reasons for undergraduates’ plagiarism. The study was conducted by using a survey research in which questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were employed for the purpose of data collection. The results showed that the undergraduates’ ability to identify plagiarism acts was on average and their views on the seriousness of plagiarism acts were also on average.The main reason for undergraduates’ plagiarism in this study was due to poor academic skills. With this study,the undergraduates would have awareness toward the seriousness of plagiarism acts. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2009 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6954/3/MAVIS%20full.pdf Mavis, Valentine Jihir (2009) Plagiarism : perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergradutes. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | L Education (General) Mavis, Valentine Jihir Plagiarism : perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergradutes |
| title | Plagiarism : perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergradutes |
| title_full | Plagiarism : perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergradutes |
| title_fullStr | Plagiarism : perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergradutes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plagiarism : perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergradutes |
| title_short | Plagiarism : perceptions and practices of UNIMAS humanities undergradutes |
| title_sort | plagiarism : perceptions and practices of unimas humanities undergradutes |
| topic | L Education (General) |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6954/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6954/3/MAVIS%20full.pdf |