Causes of plagiarism

Causes of Plagiarism

1. According to Council of Writing Program Administrators, January, 2003, Defining and avoiding plagiarism. Available at :http://wpacouncil.org/positions/WPAplagiarism.pdf, shows several reasons why students plagiarise.

• · Students are not confident with their own work.

Julia G. Thompson stated that for many students, the fear of their work not being "good enough" is paralyzing. ( Julia G, Thompson. (2014). 28 Ways to Build Persistent & Confident Students) They may find that using own work will get them into failure in their university works. Hence, the students may think that using own task is one of the action which takes high risks to themselves.

• · The presentations of some lecturers may cause students feel that assignments are so particularized indirectly.

• · Students may not know what are the consequences of plagiarizing 

Therefore, it causes students to not fear about the punishments or penalties of fully plagiarizing. However, as Michael Matto(Faculty Tips on Preventing Plagiarism) claims, sometimes student may simply not care about getting punished even though they knew the consequences.

• · Lecturers and institutions may fail or have difficulty to search out every plagiarisms that did by students.

The lecturers and institutions fail to enforce any appropriate penalties to the students who did plagiarize. Therefore, it may causes students to not feel guilty or afraid of starting and continuing plagiarizing in the further assignments.

2.According to Dr.Jun Wang,2001, What is plagiarism and how to prevent it. Available at: http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/documents/PlagiarismPreventionWorkshopforStudents.pdf, states that:

• · Students are lack of skills in managing and planning their time.

All of the work tasks will be accumulated till the due date. At the end, the students believe that they have no time to complete by their own and then start plagiarizing.

3.According to Eugene, 2011, Top reason why plagiarism occurs. Available at: http://blog.plagiarisma.net/2011/top-reasons-why-plagiarism-occurs/, mentions that:

• · Students lack of knowledge about plagiarism

Normally for first year undergraduates, they are not familiar about the system of their respective referencing system, causing them to commit in the crime of plagiarism.

• · Students lack knowledge about citations

Plagiarism can be easily avoided by proper citations. However, students may not know the usage of proper citations when applying on their assignments.

• · Internet is a good medium to get sources

MacLeod calls ‘a rising tide of plagiarism, fuelled by easy Internet access’. (MacLeod 2004).
Students find out that getting sources from internet is the most efficient and effective way. Hence, students who are lack of the skill of citation will completely copy all the sources from the internet and apply it on their own assignment as their own without giving credits to the authors.

4.According to Ashworth and Bannister (1997), students have difficulty integrating new information into their own work or writing. This will lead to student having the urge to information from others work.

5.According to Universities Libraries (2012). University of Connecticut Libraries: Instruction and Information Literacy. [online] Available at: http://www.lib.uconn.edu/instruction/PlagFac.htm stated that:

• Students might have confusion about how to properly cite sources, including inexperience in distinguishing between a paraphrase, summary, and "common knowledge.

In this case, student will skip citing sources and crediting others work.

• Cultural differences among international students who assume that copying is acceptable.

In some country it is not strict in plagiarism, however, in some country, plagiarism is considered as crime.



Reference list:

1. Anon, (2014). 1st ed. [ebook] Available at: http://www.kent.ac.uk/ai/staff/plaghand.pdf [Accessed 3 Jun. 2014].

2. Julia G, Thompson. (2014). 28 Ways to Build Persistent & Confident Students. [online] Teaching. Available at: http://teaching.monster.com/benefits/articles/10348-28-ways-to-build-persistent-confident-students [Accessed 3 Jun. 2014].

3. Amrita, M. (2007). Developing Students' Awareness of Plagiarism: Crisis and Opportunities, Amrita Madray. [online] Webpages.uidaho.edu. Available at: http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/madray.htm [Accessed 3 Jun. 2014].

4. University of Connecticut Libraries: Instruction and Information Literacy. [online] Available at: http://www.lib.uconn.edu/instruction/PlagFac.htm [Accessed 3 Jun. 2014]

5. Council of Writing Program Administrators, January, 2003, Defining and avoiding plagiarism. Available at :http://wpacouncil.org/positions/WPAplagiarism.pdf

6. Dr.Jun Wang,2001, What is plagiarism and how to prevent it. Available at: http://www.deltacollege.edu/dept/library/IC/documents/PlagiarismPreventionWorkshopforStudents.pdf

7. Eugene, 2011, Top reason why plagiarism occurs. Available at: http://blog.plagiarisma.net/2011/top-reasons-why-plagiarism-occurs/

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