Malaysian undergraduates’ (in) ability to identify the correct use of sources / Ho Chui Chui and Wong Soon Heng
Studies conducted in the West show that one of the reasons students plagiarize is because of their poor understanding of the correct use of sources. This paper reports on a small-scale study which assessed whether Malaysian law matriculation students could identify the correct use of sources. Fi...
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| description | Studies conducted in the West show that one of the reasons students plagiarize
is because of their poor understanding of the correct use of sources.
This paper reports on a small-scale study which assessed whether Malaysian
law matriculation students could identify the correct use of sources.
Findings show that 66% of the respondents did not know that quoting without
using quotation marks was an example of the incorrect use of a source
although the source was acknowledged. Similarly, 66% also felt that a
source was correctly used although it was poorly paraphrased with only
slight modification as long as the source was cited. The results indicate that
these Malaysian undergraduates have a poor understanding about the
proper use of sources and may inadvertently be committing plagiarism. |
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| spelling | oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:311542020-06-15T04:22:54Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31154/ Malaysian undergraduates’ (in) ability to identify the correct use of sources / Ho Chui Chui and Wong Soon Heng voa Ho, Chui Chui Wong, Soon Heng Language and languages Study and teaching. Research Studies conducted in the West show that one of the reasons students plagiarize is because of their poor understanding of the correct use of sources. This paper reports on a small-scale study which assessed whether Malaysian law matriculation students could identify the correct use of sources. Findings show that 66% of the respondents did not know that quoting without using quotation marks was an example of the incorrect use of a source although the source was acknowledged. Similarly, 66% also felt that a source was correctly used although it was poorly paraphrased with only slight modification as long as the source was cited. The results indicate that these Malaysian undergraduates have a poor understanding about the proper use of sources and may inadvertently be committing plagiarism. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31154/1/AJ_HO%20CHUI%20CHUI%20VOA%20K%2014.pdf Malaysian undergraduates’ (in) ability to identify the correct use of sources / Ho Chui Chui and Wong Soon Heng. (2014) Voice of Academia (VOA) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Voice_of_Academia_=28VOA=29/>, 9 (1). pp. 13-22. ISSN 2682-7840 https://voa.uitm.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | Language and languages Study and teaching. Research Ho, Chui Chui Wong, Soon Heng Malaysian undergraduates’ (in) ability to identify the correct use of sources / Ho Chui Chui and Wong Soon Heng |
| title | Malaysian undergraduates’ (in) ability to identify the correct use of sources / Ho Chui Chui and Wong Soon Heng |
| title_full | Malaysian undergraduates’ (in) ability to identify the correct use of sources / Ho Chui Chui and Wong Soon Heng |
| title_fullStr | Malaysian undergraduates’ (in) ability to identify the correct use of sources / Ho Chui Chui and Wong Soon Heng |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malaysian undergraduates’ (in) ability to identify the correct use of sources / Ho Chui Chui and Wong Soon Heng |
| title_short | Malaysian undergraduates’ (in) ability to identify the correct use of sources / Ho Chui Chui and Wong Soon Heng |
| title_sort | malaysian undergraduates in ability to identify the correct use of sources ho chui chui and wong soon heng |
| topic | Language and languages Study and teaching. Research |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31154/1/AJ_HO%20CHUI%20CHUI%20VOA%20K%2014.pdf |
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