Plagiarism awareness efforts, students’ ethical judgment and behaviors: a longitudinal experiment study on ethical nuances of plagiarism in higher education

In short

Does teaching about plagiarism change how students judge it and then act? A field study at one Indian institution followed postgraduates before and after awareness activities, also asking whether age, gender and religiosity mattered.

What it looked at

A longitudinal quasi-experimental field study of 294 postgraduate students at one accredited higher education institution in India. A pretest and posttest design applied manipulations that mirrored the institution's efforts to explain unethical aspects of plagiarism.

Limits

One institution in one country, and a quasi-experimental rather than randomised design. What the study found is not reported.

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