University Students' Perspectives on Plagiarism During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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https://doi.org/10.12795/revistafuentes.2022.20742Keywords:
confinement, virtual envionment, students, evaluation, COVID-19, pandemic, plagiarism, academic papers, universityAbstract
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the teaching-learning processes were suddenly transformed, and university students and faculty were forced to adapt to the needs posed by the new context and resort to a virtual environment to carry out their academic tasks and teachers. This study aims to describe the plagiarism actions carried out by university students during confinement; know their opinion about the tendency of the group of classmates to carry out plagiarism actions during confinement; and check if the plagiarism actions carried out vary depending on the branch of knowledge and the course. A quantitative, descriptive survey-type study was carried out. An online questionnaire was applied to a sample of 2,020 undergraduate and master's students. Means, medians, modes, standard deviations and the non-parametric statistical tests Kruskal Wallis H and Mann-Whitney U were calculated. The results reveal that in the preparation of academic work during confinement, the most frequent actions were partial plagiarism of printed fragments and web pages, especially the students of the lower courses, and differentially depending on the branch of knowledge. and highlight the need to continue working from the university institutions in the adoption of preventive measures to avoid actions such as plagiarism by students in the preparation of academic work.
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