Graduate Students’ Knowledge about Plagiarism in Academic Writing

Authors

• Najmi Rodhiya, Keguruan Bahasa-Universitas Negeri MalangFollow
• Primardiana Hermilia Wijayati, Pendidikan Bahasa Jerman-Universitas Negeri MalangFollow
• Herri Akhmad Bukhori, Pendidikan Bahasa Jerman-Universitas Negeri MalangFollow

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.

First Page

235

Last Page

242

Recommended Citation

Rodhiya, Najmi; Wijayati, Primardiana Hermilia; and Bukhori, Herri Akhmad (2020) "Graduate Students’ Knowledge about Plagiarism in Academic Writing," Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan: Vol. 5: No. 2, Article 17.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17977/jptpp.v5i2.13184
Available at: https://citeus.um.ac.id/jptpp/vol5/iss2/17