Five tips: How to avoid plagiarism<\/em><\/a><\/p>\nAlmost half of the students in the study had, for example, been uncertain about correct citation practice. And many students revealed their ignorance when presented with specific examples of plagiarism.<\/p>\n
Mads Paludan Goddiksen says universities \u00bbleave students in the lurch\u00ab when they are uncertain about regulations.<\/p>\n
\u00bbSecondary schools certainly share part of the responsibility. But the universities are clearly not doing enough to help students understand the rules under which they are working,\u00ab he says, and points out that sanctions typically do not take into account whether students knew about the rules or not.<\/p>\n
Confusing grey zones<\/h3>\n
Mads Paludan Goddiksen teaches students on a number of study programmes at Frederiksberg Campus on exam regulations. So he knew there was a problem.<\/p>\n
\u00bbBut I’m surprised by how few students know the rules, and this is concerning.\u00ab
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\nWhen it comes to the most serious offences, the vast majority of them understand the rules. 93 per cent of students in the survey knew, for example, that you are not allowed to copy a whole page from a source.<\/p>\n
But as the examples became a little less clear, suddenly far more students did not know how the rules applied.<\/p>\n
In an example where a 41-word piece of text was a direct copy from another source without reference, one in four replied that the example was ‘completely acceptable’ or ‘acceptable’ \u2013 but this would be clearly assessed to be plagiarism in both Danish and international definitions.<\/p>\n
\u00bbWhen more student estimation is needed, then students really found it difficult,\u00ab says Mads Paludan Goddiksen.<\/p>\n
He points out that a text in the methodology section, which is very close to others\u2019 description of the same method, would be acceptable in practice if reference is made to the original.<\/p>\n
\u00bbBut if it is in the discussion section, it is expected that the text should contribute something new. Then it would typically be considered plagiarism if your text is too close to other people’s text,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n
But few students were aware of these subtleties in the study. Students tended generally to either respond that something was permitted or banned. Only a few used the opportunity to respond that the rules were either unclear or depended on the context.<\/p>\n
\u00bbThe students, in other words, have a tendency to think that there is a clear answer. But reality is often different. And it is important that students are aware of the grey areas so they are equipped to handle situations where you have to make your own ethical consideration.\u00ab<\/p>\n
Current instruction on plagiarism rules is not working<\/h3>\n
The study showed at the same time that only one fourth of students had received more than one full day of academic integrity training. The group, however, that had received the training, had the same knowledge of the regulations as the rest of them. In terms of questions on grey areas, it even suggested that the training in some cases had a negative effect.<\/p>\n
\u00bbWe know, from other research, that the training is often based on these black-and-white cases, because you want to prevent the most serious cheating. But this can also give students the impression that cheating is limited to the most clearcut transparent cases. There is therefore a real need to increase the focus on the grey areas in the instruction on plagiarism.\u00ab<\/p>\n
Mads Paludan Goddiksen’s investigation was carried out before the use of AI tools like ChatGPT became widespread. This presents students with a new problem and new ethical grey zones during exam assignment writing. As questions about how to use a service like this can be the cause of even more confusion, according to Mads Paludan Goddiksen.<\/p>\n
\u00bbAs I understand it, the university is not even finished itself in clarifying where the line should be drawn in the long term. But no matter what, this is only a issue that is going to become much more complicated. And then the students will be likely even less confident on what rules apply.\u00ab
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But our research also suggests that there are a lot of students who cheat without knowing it,\u00ab says Mads Paludan Goddiksen.<\/p>\n<p>The data in the study comes from a questionnaire survey of students’ knowledge of exam regulations, which he conducted with a number of colleagues. 1,639 bachelor\u2019s students from seven countries, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia and Switzerland, responded. The students were uncertain as to which rules apply on plagiarism in all the countries surveyed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/five-tips-how-to-avoid-plagiarism\/\"><em>Five tips: How to avoid plagiarism<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Almost half of the students in the study had, for example, been uncertain about correct citation practice. And many students revealed their ignorance when presented with specific examples of plagiarism.<\/p>\n<p>Mads Paludan Goddiksen says universities \u00bbleave students in the lurch\u00ab when they are uncertain about regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbSecondary schools certainly share part of the responsibility. But the universities are clearly not doing enough to help students understand the rules under which they are working,\u00ab he says, and points out that sanctions typically do not take into account whether students knew about the rules or not.<\/p>\n<h3>Confusing grey zones<\/h3>\n<p>Mads Paludan Goddiksen teaches students on a number of study programmes at Frederiksberg Campus on exam regulations. So he knew there was a problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBut I’m surprised by how few students know the rules, and this is concerning.\u00ab<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":150319,"id":150319,"title":"DSC_2265_edited","filename":"dsc_2265_edited.jpg","filesize":10322365,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dsc_2265_edited.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/ny-forskning-studerende-kender-overraskende-lidt-til-eksamensreglerne\/dsc_2265_edited\/","alt":"","author":"87","description":"Knapt halvdelen af de studerende i unders\u00f8gelse havde for eksempel v\u00e6ret i tvivl om korrekt citationspraksis, ligesom mange studerende udviste uvidenhed, n\u00e5r de blev pr\u00e6senteret for konkrete eksempler p\u00e5 plagiat og lignende.","caption":"Knapt halvdelen af de studerende i unders\u00f8gelse havde for eksempel v\u00e6ret i tvivl om korrekt citationspraksis, ligesom mange studerende udviste uvidenhed, n\u00e5r de blev pr\u00e6senteret for konkrete eksempler p\u00e5 plagiat og lignende.","name":"dsc_2265_edited","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":150285,"date":"2023-04-24 12:05:23","modified":"2023-04-24 13:29:59","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":7918,"height":5504,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dsc_2265_edited-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dsc_2265_edited-480x334.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":334,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dsc_2265_edited-768x534.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":534,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dsc_2265_edited-1280x890.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":890,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dsc_2265_edited-1536x1068.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1068,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dsc_2265_edited.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1424,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dsc_2265_edited-290x202.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":202,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dsc_2265_edited-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dsc_2265_edited-700x487.jpg","narrow-width":700,"narrow-height":487,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/dsc_2265_edited-990x688.jpg","extended-width":990,"extended-height":688}},"style":"extended","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"Almost half of the students in the study had, for example, been uncertain about correct citation practice. And many students revealed their ignorance when presented with specific examples of plagiarism."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>When it comes to the most serious offences, the vast majority of them understand the rules. 93 per cent of students in the survey knew, for example, that you are not allowed to copy a whole page from a source.<\/p>\n<p>But as the examples became a little less clear, suddenly far more students did not know how the rules applied.<\/p>\n<p>In an example where a 41-word piece of text was a direct copy from another source without reference, one in four replied that the example was ‘completely acceptable’ or ‘acceptable’ \u2013 but this would be clearly assessed to be plagiarism in both Danish and international definitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWhen more student estimation is needed, then students really found it difficult,\u00ab says Mads Paludan Goddiksen.<\/p>\n<p>He points out that a text in the methodology section, which is very close to others\u2019 description of the same method, would be acceptable in practice if reference is made to the original.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBut if it is in the discussion section, it is expected that the text should contribute something new. Then it would typically be considered plagiarism if your text is too close to other people’s text,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<p>But few students were aware of these subtleties in the study. Students tended generally to either respond that something was permitted or banned. Only a few used the opportunity to respond that the rules were either unclear or depended on the context.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe students, in other words, have a tendency to think that there is a clear answer. But reality is often different. And it is important that students are aware of the grey areas so they are equipped to handle situations where you have to make your own ethical consideration.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h3>Current instruction on plagiarism rules is not working<\/h3>\n<p>The study showed at the same time that only one fourth of students had received more than one full day of academic integrity training. The group, however, that had received the training, had the same knowledge of the regulations as the rest of them. In terms of questions on grey areas, it even suggested that the training in some cases had a negative effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe know, from other research, that the training is often based on these black-and-white cases, because you want to prevent the most serious cheating. But this can also give students the impression that cheating is limited to the most clearcut transparent cases. There is therefore a real need to increase the focus on the grey areas in the instruction on plagiarism.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Mads Paludan Goddiksen’s investigation was carried out before the use of AI tools like ChatGPT became widespread. This presents students with a new problem and new ethical grey zones during exam assignment writing. As questions about how to use a service like this can be the cause of even more confusion, according to Mads Paludan Goddiksen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAs I understand it, the university is not even finished itself in clarifying where the line should be drawn in the long term. But no matter what, this is only a issue that is going to become much more complicated. And then the students will be likely even less confident on what rules apply.\u00ab<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"en","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Get an email with our top stories","button_text":"Sign up here","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":42,"name":"Education","slug":"education","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":661,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":6138,"name":"plagiarism","slug":"plagiarism-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":6138,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw"}],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11492,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[{"term_id":5468,"name":"Optional","slug":"optional-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5468,"taxonomy":"translation_priority","description":"","parent":0,"count":674,"filter":"raw"}]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/designudennavn1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150433"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150738,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150433\/revisions\/150738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}