Exploring secondary school students’ self-perception and actual understanding of plagiarism

Exploring secondary school students’ self-perception and actual understanding of plagiarism

• Chu, Samuel Kai Wah The University of Hong Kong
• Hu, Xiao The University of Hong Kong
• Ng, Jeremy The University of Hong Kong

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (0), , 2019

SAGE Publications

2019

• N Students & Student Services
  • NC Charactieristics & Conditions of Students; Opinion & Attitudes of Students, Problems of Adjustment
• N Students & Student Services
  • NG Student Discipline

Inquiry-based Learning Obscurity of Plagiarism Secondary Education Self-perception Understanding of Plagiarism

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

Plagiarism has been a growing concern among institutions and academics in recent years. To address the problem, and to alleviate the growing trend of this academic misconduct, students' perceptions of plagiarism should be considered. This study explores students' self-perception and actual understanding of plagiarism, and the relations between them. Survey responses were collected from 433 students in a Hong Kong junior secondary school. Results reveal that students show different understanding towards 'obvious' and 'obscure' plagiarism, with misunderstanding or misconception more likely arising over obscure plagiarism. This study also reports that students' self-perception on their understanding of plagiarism differed across grade levels, and their academic performance of inquiry-based learning has a relation to their self-perceived and actual understanding of plagiarism. Implications for improving the teaching and learning of plagiarism are discussed.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 09610006

• 10.1177/0961000619872527

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2020-08-26