Gauging the Effectiveness of Anti-Plagiarism Software: An Empirical Study of Second Language Graduate Writers

Autor/in	Stapleton, Paul
Titel	Gauging the Effectiveness of Anti-Plagiarism Software: An Empirical Study of Second Language Graduate Writers
Quelle	In: Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 11 (2012) 2, S.125-133 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1475-1585
DOI	10.1016/j.jeap.2011.10.003
Schlagwörter	Plagiarism; Universities; Writing Skills; Computer Software; Second Language Learning; Graduate Students; Comparative Analysis; Essays; Writing Evaluation; Knowledge Level; Student Behavior; Prevention; Academic Discourse + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Plagiat; University; Universität; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Wissensbasis; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Discourse; Diskurs
Abstract	The use of anti-plagiarism services has grown very quickly in recent years to the point where over half of American universities now have a license. The most popular of these services, Turnitin, claims that it is licensed in 126 countries and available in 10 languages suggesting that the service is becoming widely used around the world. In order to assess the effectiveness of this service, the present study compares the writing behavior of students in two equivalent classes, one of which was aware that their essays would be assessed for originality, while the other was not. Results revealed that the class which was unaware of Turnitin had significantly higher rates of matching text, near copies and intentional plagiarism than the class which was aware of Turnitin. This finding suggests that Turnitin had a deterrent effect on plagiarism. However, while the raw percentages generated by Turnitin did provide a reasonable overall estimation of plagiarism, they did not always accurately reflect the extent of intentional plagiarism. The study concludes that anti-plagiarism services provide a useful deterrent, but care must be taken in assessing the results. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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