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Table 4 Students’ and teachers’ ability to identify cases of plagiarism of varying degree of identification difficulty

From: Students’ perceptions of plagiarism and relevant policies in Cyprus

Students’ responses to possible cases of plagiarism

Qu

Is it plagiarism?

Sanction?

Assuming that 40% of a student’s submission is from other sources and is copied into the student’s work as described in (a-f) below, indicate your judgement on plagiarism

Yes

No

Don’t know

a

90%

3%

7%

82%

word for word with no quotations

b

74%

5%

21%

58%

word for word with no quotations, has a correct references but no in text citations

c

44%

24%

33%

29%

word for word with no quotations, but has correct references and in text citations

d

66%

8%

26%

61%

with some words changed with no quotations, references or in text citations

e

56%

9%

35%

51%

with some words changed with no quotations, has correct references but no in text citations

f

34%

29%

38%

25%

with some words changed with no quotations, but has correct references and in text citations

Teachers’ responses to possible case of plagiarism

Qu

Is it plagiarism?

Sanction

Assuming that 40% of a student’s submission is from other sources and is copied into the student’s work as described in (a-f) below, indicate your judgement on plagiarism

Yes

No

Don’t know

a

100%

0%

0%

93%

word for word with no quotations

b

89%

0%

8%

85%

word for word with no quotations, has a correct references but no in text citations

c

64%

12%

24%

43%

word for word with no quotations, but has correct references and in text citations

d

96%

0%

4%

100%

with some words changed with no quotations, references or in text citations

e

84%

8%

8%

71%

with some words changed with no quotations, has correct references but no in text citations

f

44%

28%

28%

36%

with some words changed with no quotations, but has correct references and in text citations