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Eaton, Sarah Elaine; Crossman, Katherine; Behjat, Laleh; Yates, Robin Michael; Fear, Elise; Trifkovic, Milana – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2020
This institutional self-study investigated the use of text-matching software (TMS) to prevent plagiarism by students in a Canadian university that did not have an institutional license for TMS at the time of the study. Assignments from a graduate-level engineering course were analyzed using iThenticate®. During the initial phase of the study,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Plagiarism, College Students, Engineering Education
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Francis, Hazel; Hallam, Susan – Higher Education, 2000
Twenty-two graduate students in education at a British university read, answered written questions, and then discussed four text extracts from different genres (literary, theoretical, research, and statistical). Results of this study and a follow-up survey of 39 similar students suggested that text genre is a major factor in perceived difficulty…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Higher Education