Cheating and plagiarism: perceptions and practices of first year IT students

Authors:
Judy Sheard;Martin Dick;Selby Markham;Ian Macdonald;Meaghan Walsh
Affiliations:
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia;Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia
Venue:
Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Year:
2002

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Abstract

A study of cheating and plagiarism using a scenario based format, has provided an insight into attitudes towards questionable work practices of first year information technology students' within the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering of Monash University, and the School of Information Technology of Swinburne University. Students at both institutions showed similar responses to a range of cheating behaviours, in line with other literature. Plagiarism and cheating are widely tolerated and commonly practised, at least on the lower end of the spectrum of seriousness. However there were some areas of significant difference between the two student samples that warrant further research to develop strategic approaches for limiting cheating practices.