Cyber-Plagiarism Among Taiwanese 4th-12th Graders: The “Cut-and-Paste” of Digital Content

• In Event: Poster Session 4
  In Poster Session: Language Instruction and Assessment

Abstract

With the booming of digital content, academic integrity is facing a new threat, cyber-plagiarism. Previous studied regarding plagiarism in school were mainly based on Western context, and limited to college students. Students in Eastern cultures might hold different perspective on using references and citing sources in their academic work. Also, there might be false interpretation of cyber plagiarism rooted and developed long before college education and much earlier before the problem being noticed. Thus, this study aims to addresses Taiwanese young pupils’ (4th – 12th graders, n=8243) perceptions of cyber-plagiarism. Data were collected though a national probability-sampled survey. The prevalence, alternative thinking, and moral refection of cyber plagiarism are analyzed and discussed.

Authors

• Yun-Yin Huang, New York University

• Yin-lan Chen, Institution of Education - National Chiao Tung University

• Chih-ming Chang, Institution of Education - National Chiao Tung University

• Chien Chou, National Chiao Tung University