The influence of achievement goal orientation on plagiarism
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Author list: Koul R., Clariana R.B., Jitgarun K., Songsriwittaya A.
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2009
Journal: Learning and Individual Differences: Journal of Psychology and Education (1041-6080)
Volume number: 19
Issue number: 4
Start page: 506
End page: 512
Number of pages: 7
ISSN: 1041-6080
eISSN: 1873-3425
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
This investigation considered how undergraduate students with different achievement goal orientation profiles view plagiarism. Thai student volunteers (N = 867) completed an achievement goal survey [Niemivirta, M. (1998). Individual differences in motivational and cognitive factors affecting self-regulated learning - A pattern-oriented approach. In P. Nenninger, R. S. Jไger, A. Frey, & M. Woznitza (Eds.), Advances in motivation (pp. 23-42). Landau, DE: Verlad Empirische Pไdagogik] and a "Dimensions of Plagiarism" survey [Koul, R. (2007). Dimensions of Plagiarism. Downloaded April 8, 2008 from http://dimensions-of-plagiarism.wikispaces.com/]. Mixed analysis of variance of attitudes towards plagiarism with goal orientation and gender showed several significant findings: high performance oriented students were substantially stricter than low performance orientated students in evaluating all Dimensions of Plagiarism. Low mastery oriented students were stricter regarding the "motive" dimension of plagiarism while high mastery oriented students were stricter regarding the "source" dimension of plagiarism. Significant differences between females and males were observed across the six factors of the Dimensions of Plagiarism survey. These results are interpreted within the framework of social comparison theory in respect to competitive learning environments. ฉ 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Achievement goal orientation, Plagiarism, Undergraduate students
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