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ERIC Number: ED651676
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 169
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3822-2229-5
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Predictors of Paraphrasing Website Use among Undergraduate College Students
Lisa Marie Chervenak
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Walden University
While instances of cut and paste plagiarism among undergraduate college students has decreased over the past several years, a new form of plagiarism has emerged that often goes undetected by these software systems. Paraphrasing websites allow users to enter information from a source, which the website will then reword, giving the appearance of an original work. When used by undergraduate college students, these students are not only committing plagiarism, but they are also not learning the material or working to develop writing skills. While much research has been conducted on the quality of writing created by paraphrasing websites, little research has been devoted to understanding the factors that predict paraphrasing website use among undergraduate college students. The present study was conducted to determine if predictors of other forms of plagiarism among undergraduate college students, such as academic locus of control, academic-self-efficacy, honors status, academic year, and being a community college transfer student also predict paraphrasing website use in undergraduate college students. Undergraduate college students at a for-profit university in Connecticut completed a survey measuring these variables, and the collected data were analyzed using logistic regression. Although the results of the logistic regression indicated that academic locus of control, academic-self-efficacy, honors status, academic year, and being a community college transfer student did not predict paraphrasing website use in undergraduate college students, the results of this study still have important implications for college instructors as well as researchers who study predictors of plagiarism in undergraduate college students. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Connecticut
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