Plagiarism and Paraphrasing Criteria of College and University Professors

Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 307 - 323
Published: Jul 1, 2001
Abstract
In Study 1, college professors determined whether each of 6 rewritten versions of a paragraph taken from a journal article were instances of plagiarism. Results indicated moderate disagreement as to which rewritten versions had been plagiarized. When another sample of professors (Study 2) was asked to paraphrase the same paragraph, up to 30% appropriated some text from the original. In Study 3, psychology professors paraphrased the same...
Paper Details
Title
Plagiarism and Paraphrasing Criteria of College and University Professors
Published Date
Jul 1, 2001
Volume
11
Issue
3
Pages
307 - 323
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