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International Students and Plagiarism Detection Systems: Detecting Plagiarism, Copying or Learning?

International Students and Plagiarism Detection Systems: Detecting Plagiarism, Copying or Learning?

Lucas D. Introna, Niall Hayes
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781599048017|ISBN10: 1599048019|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616927042|EISBN13: 9781599048031
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-801-7.ch008
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Introna, Lucas D., and Niall Hayes. "International Students and Plagiarism Detection Systems: Detecting Plagiarism, Copying or Learning?." Student Plagiarism in an Online World: Problems and Solutions, edited by Tim S. Roberts, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 108-123. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-801-7.ch008

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Introna, L. D. & Hayes, N. (2008). International Students and Plagiarism Detection Systems: Detecting Plagiarism, Copying or Learning?. In T. Roberts (Ed.), Student Plagiarism in an Online World: Problems and Solutions (pp. 108-123). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-801-7.ch008

Chicago

Introna, Lucas D., and Niall Hayes. "International Students and Plagiarism Detection Systems: Detecting Plagiarism, Copying or Learning?." In Student Plagiarism in an Online World: Problems and Solutions, edited by Tim S. Roberts, 108-123. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-801-7.ch008

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Abstract

This paper explores the question of plagiarism by international students (non-native speakers). It argues that the inappropriate use of electronic plagiarism detection systems (such as Turnitin) could lead to the unfair and unjust construction of international students as plagiarists. We argue that the use of detection systems should take into account the writing practices used by those who write as novices in a non-native language as well as the way ‘plagiarism’ or plagiaristic forms of writing are valued in other cultures. It calls for a move away from a punitive legalistic approach to plagiarism that equates copying to plagiarism and move to a progressive and formative approach. If taken up such an approach will have very important implications for the way universities in the west deal with plagiarism in their learning and teaching practice as well as their disciplinary procedures.

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