iParadigms, creators of Turnitin and the leader in originality checking and plagiarism prevention, announced the results of a new plagiarism study which shows that social and user-generated web sites are the most popular resources for student copying, followed by academic and homework-related sites. Surprisingly, cheat sites and paper mills comprised less than 15 percent of the total resources used and showed the most significant decline over the period examined.
The study examined which Internet sites students rely on for unoriginal content in their written work by classifying 110 million content matches in 40 million student papers that were submitted to Turnitin over a ten-month period (June 2010 to March 2011). The study does not determine if the sites were correctly sourced, only that the material matched existing material in Turnitin's index of more than 14 billion pages of web site content.
"Students are being raised in a digital culture where sharing, re-using and copying is routine," says Chris Harrick, vice president of marketing at Turnitin. "Educators face a challenge in educating students that originality matters when it comes to critical thinking and writing. Plagiarism prevention services such as Turnitin can reduce unoriginal content in student writing by 50-75 percent while helping to develop students' critical thinking and writing skills."
The full study, entitled "Plagiarism: Myths and Realities," can be downloaded at http://pages.turnitin.com/PlagiarismandtheWebSEC.html
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This article was prepared by Marketing Weekly News editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Marketing Weekly News via VerticalNews.com.
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