Plagiarism in the University Classroom: Problems of Knowledge Production in the Age of Globalization
Q1. Plagiarism is a problem in my class.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 4.9% 2
2) Disagree 14.6% 6
3) Neither agree nor disagree 22.0% 9
4) Agree 34.1% 14
5) Strongly agree 24.4% 10
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Q2. Plagiarism is a growing problem in my class.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 4.9% 2
2) Disagree 26.8% 11
3) Neither agree nor disagree 29.3% 12
4) Agree 31.7% 13
5) Strongly agree 7.3% 3
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Q3. The problem of plagiarism is largely exaggerated.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 29.3% 12
2) Disagree 41.5% 17
3) Neither agree nor disagree 22.0% 9
4) Agree 7.3% 3
5) Strongly agree 0.0% 0
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Q4. The university wastes too much time and energy pursuing and prosecuting plagiarism.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 46.3% 19
2) Disagree 31.7% 13
3) Neither agree nor disagree 14.6% 6
4) Agree 7.3% 3
5) Strongly agree 0.0% 0
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Q5. I waste too much time and energy pursuing and prosecuting plagiarism.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 14.6% 6
2) Disagree 26.8% 11
3) Neither agree nor disagree 19.5% 8
4) Agree 19.5% 8
5) Strongly agree 19.5% 8
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Q6. I dedicate significant time in class informing students about plagiarism and teaching students strategies for preventing plagiarism.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 2.4% 1
2) Disagree 2.4% 1
3) Neither agree nor disagree 17.1% 7
4) Agree 58.5% 24
5) Strongly agree 19.5% 8
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Q7. My course materials (syllabus, handouts, course website) include advice on how to avoid committing plagiarism.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 0.0% 0
2) Disagree 2.4% 1
3) Neither agree nor disagree 0.0% 0
4) Agree 58.5% 24
5) Strongly agree 39.0% 16
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Q8. I am more concerned with the plagiarism of words (strings of words, phrases, entire passages) than with the plagiarism of ideas.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 17.1% 7
2) Disagree 26.8% 11
3) Neither agree nor disagree 17.1% 7
4) Agree 36.6% 15
5) Strongly agree 2.4% 1
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Q9. My course uses software (such as Turnitin.com) to prevent and detect plagiarism.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 14.6% 6
2) Disagree 31.7% 13
3) Neither agree nor disagree 4.9% 2
4) Agree 17.1% 7
5) Strongly agree 31.7% 13
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Q10. I think new technologies such as the internet contribute to the problem of plagiarism in my classroom.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 2.4% 1
2) Disagree 2.4% 1
3) Neither agree nor disagree 0.0% 0
4) Agree 39.0% 16
5) Strongly agree 56.1% 23
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Q11. I believe that students working in groups are more likely to commit plagiarism than students working alone.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 9.8% 4
2) Disagree 36.6% 15
3) Neither agree nor disagree 34.1% 14
4) Agree 17.1% 7
5) Strongly agree 2.4% 1
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Q12. I believe that the weak language skills of international students contribute to the problem of plagiarism.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 2.4% 1
2) Disagree 39.0% 16
3) Neither agree nor disagree 24.4% 10
4) Agree 24.4% 10
5) Strongly agree 9.8% 4
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Q13. I agree that tudents from other cultures view plagiarism in a different way than students from western cultures do" (Buranen 66)."
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 0.0% 0
2) Disagree 19.5% 8
3) Neither agree nor disagree 31.7% 13
4) Agree 39.0% 16
5) Strongly agree 9.8% 4
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Q14. The mix of cultures in my classroom contributes to the problem of plagiarism.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 17.1% 7
2) Disagree 31.7% 13
3) Neither agree nor disagree 36.6% 15
4) Agree 12.2% 5
5) Strongly agree 2.4% 1
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Q15. I agree that "internet plagiarism grows as foreign student numbers rise" (Jopson & Burke 27).
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 4.9% 2
2) Disagree 31.7% 13
3) Neither agree nor disagree 46.3% 19
4) Agree 14.6% 6
5) Strongly agree 2.4% 1
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Q16. I believe that the globalization of education has transformed students from participants in education to consumers of educational products.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 2.4% 1
2) Disagree 12.2% 5
3) Neither agree nor disagree 36.6% 15
4) Agree 26.8% 11
5) Strongly agree 22.0% 9
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Q17. Students who approach education as "consumers" are more likely to plagiarize than students who approach education as "participants" in a process."
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 0.0% 0
2) Disagree 4.9% 2
3) Neither agree nor disagree 17.1% 7
4) Agree 39.0% 16
5) Strongly agree 39.0% 16
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Q18. I believe plagiarism will become more of a problem as universities are ncreasingly defined in the language of corporate culture" (Giroux 68)."
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 4.9% 2
2) Disagree 17.1% 7
3) Neither agree nor disagree 19.5% 8
4) Agree 41.5% 17
5) Strongly agree 17.1% 7
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Q19. I believe that commercial imperatives rather than intellectual values are paramount in the academy today.
Answer Options Response Percent Response Count
1) Strongly disagree 9.8% 4
2) Disagree 19.5% 8
3) Neither agree nor disagree 22.0% 9
4) Agree 39.0% 16
5) Strongly agree 9.8% 4
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