Academic literacy: Plagiarism in pre-university students’ academic writing

• Main Authors: Mah, F., Ting, Su Hie
• Format: Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: LB Theory and practice of education; LB2300 Higher Education
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8601/1/ACADEMIC%20LITERACY.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8601/; http://www.academia.edu/5885737/Mah_F._and_Ting_S._H._2013_June_28-29_._Academic_literacy_Plagiarism_in_pre-university_students_academic_writing._Paper_presented_at_International_Conference_on_Learning_and_Teaching_2013_Shah_Alam_Selangor_Malaysia

The study examined pre-university students’ awareness and practices of plagiarism. The specific aspects examined were (1) perceived necessity to include citations in assignments, (2) preferred penalties for plagiarism, and (3) academic writing practices.Analysis of questionnaire responses of 28 pr...