George, this is an interesting abstract, which raises a numnber of points.
Higher Education Institutions (HEI) can deal (and have been dealing) with
the issue of plagiarism with increased scruitiny about the type of
assessment that is set.
However, this is only part of the overall picture. Our students are
increasingly using the internet as a reference source, which is fine when
this is acknowleded!
Research from the USA, confirms that plagiarism is dramatically increasing
and that fear of being caught does not always work effectively as a
deterent, (New Study Confirms Internet Plagiarism is Prevalent.
http://ur.rutgers.edu/medrel/viewARticle.html?ArticleID+3408, 8th October
2003). This study's sample size was very significant (i.e. 18.000) and it
found that 38% of the undergraduates completing the survery indicated that
they had engaged in a number of instances of cut and paste plagiarism
without referencing the source. This would support the use of software
tools such as powerresearcher.
What are your views on this.
Marie.
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