Graduate Students’ Knowledge about Plagiarism in Academic Writing

Abstract: Plagiarism is one of academic dishonesty, which has become a central issue in the academic sector. The aims of this study were to investigate students understanding through plagiarism and also to examine the reason why they committed plagiarism. This study used a quantitative approach. To...

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Main Authors: Najmi Rodhiya, Primardiana Hermilia Wijayati, Herri Akhmad Bukhori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Malang 2020-02-01
Series:Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan
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Online Access:http://journal.um.ac.id/index.php/jptpp/article/view/13184
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Primardiana Hermilia Wijayati
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description Abstract: Plagiarism is one of academic dishonesty, which has become a central issue in the academic sector. The aims of this study were to investigate students understanding through plagiarism and also to examine the reason why they committed plagiarism. This study used a quantitative approach. To obtain the data, questionnaire and interview were used. The finding showed that their understanding of plagiarism bounded in citing without giving sources.  Further, the result showed that lack of knowledge, lack of time and unintentionally committed plagiarism were the top three reasons why the graduate students committed plagiarism. Abstrak: Plagiasi adalah salah satu ketidakjujuran akademik yang menjadi isu utama dalam bidang akademik.Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menyelidiki pemahaman siswa tentang plagiasi dan untuk mengetahui alasan mengapa mereka melakukan  tindakan plagiasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Kuesioner dan wawancara digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pemahaman mereka tentang plagiasi hanya terbatas tentang mengutip tanpa memberikan rujukan. Selanjutnya, hasilnya penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kurangnya pengetahuan, waktu dan kemudahan untuk menemukan materi di internet merupakan tiga alasan utama mengapa mahasiswa pascasarjana melakukan tindakan plagiasi.
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spelling doaj.art-545a7c3171d1433093cc3ca56d350beb2022-12-21T23:32:12ZengPascasarjana Universitas Negeri MalangJurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan2502-471X2020-02-015210.17977/jptpp.v5i2.131848344Graduate Students’ Knowledge about Plagiarism in Academic WritingNajmi Rodhiya0Primardiana Hermilia Wijayati1Herri Akhmad Bukhori2Keguruan Bahasa Universitas Negeri MalangPendidikan Bahasa Jerman-Universitas Negeri MalangPendidikan Bahasa Jerman-Universitas Negeri MalangAbstract: Plagiarism is one of academic dishonesty, which has become a central issue in the academic sector. The aims of this study were to investigate students understanding through plagiarism and also to examine the reason why they committed plagiarism. This study used a quantitative approach. To obtain the data, questionnaire and interview were used. The finding showed that their understanding of plagiarism bounded in citing without giving sources.  Further, the result showed that lack of knowledge, lack of time and unintentionally committed plagiarism were the top three reasons why the graduate students committed plagiarism. Abstrak: Plagiasi adalah salah satu ketidakjujuran akademik yang menjadi isu utama dalam bidang akademik.Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menyelidiki pemahaman siswa tentang plagiasi dan untuk mengetahui alasan mengapa mereka melakukan  tindakan plagiasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Kuesioner dan wawancara digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pemahaman mereka tentang plagiasi hanya terbatas tentang mengutip tanpa memberikan rujukan. Selanjutnya, hasilnya penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kurangnya pengetahuan, waktu dan kemudahan untuk menemukan materi di internet merupakan tiga alasan utama mengapa mahasiswa pascasarjana melakukan tindakan plagiasi.http://journal.um.ac.id/index.php/jptpp/article/view/13184graduate studentplagiarismacademic writingmahasiswa pascasarjanaplagiatpenulisan akademik
spellingShingle Najmi Rodhiya
Primardiana Hermilia Wijayati
Herri Akhmad Bukhori
Graduate Students’ Knowledge about Plagiarism in Academic Writing
Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan
graduate student
plagiarism
academic writing
mahasiswa pascasarjana
plagiat
penulisan akademik
title Graduate Students’ Knowledge about Plagiarism in Academic Writing
title_full Graduate Students’ Knowledge about Plagiarism in Academic Writing
title_fullStr Graduate Students’ Knowledge about Plagiarism in Academic Writing
title_full_unstemmed Graduate Students’ Knowledge about Plagiarism in Academic Writing
title_short Graduate Students’ Knowledge about Plagiarism in Academic Writing
title_sort graduate students knowledge about plagiarism in academic writing
topic graduate student
plagiarism
academic writing
mahasiswa pascasarjana
plagiat
penulisan akademik
url http://journal.um.ac.id/index.php/jptpp/article/view/13184
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