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Increasing Student Awareness and Knowledge of Plagiarism
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Dearth, Melissa M.
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Year and Degree
2004, Master of Arts in Education, Defiance College, Education.
Abstract
Forty-six students enrolled in a rural secondary school in the Midwest participated in this study. The purpose of this study was to determine if high school students' understanding of plagiarism changed following direct instruction pertaining to plagiarism. The 46 students involved answered survey questions pertaining to plagiarism before direct instruction, in lecture form, about the topic. The same students completed an identical survey following the presentation of the material. Five of these students also met with the researcher before and after the presentation of the material in a group interview. Data was collected from these surveys and interviews to see if a change in understanding of plagiarism and how it can be avoided occurred. The data from the research indicated that students increased their knowledge of what plagiarism was and how it could be avoided. The data did not indicate if this change would lead to a decrease in plagiarism.
Committee
Jo Ann Burkhardt (Advisor)
Suzanne McFarland (Committee Member)
Pages
64 p.
Subject Headings
Language Arts
Keywords
plagiarism
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secondary school
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direct instruction
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Dearth, M. M. (2004).
Increasing Student Awareness and Knowledge of Plagiarism
[Master's thesis, Defiance College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=def1281547263
APA Style (7th edition)
Dearth, Melissa.
Increasing Student Awareness and Knowledge of Plagiarism.
2004. Defiance College, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=def1281547263.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Dearth, Melissa. "Increasing Student Awareness and Knowledge of Plagiarism." Master's thesis, Defiance College, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=def1281547263
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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