Educating computer programming students about plagiarism through use of a code similarity detection tool

Date

2013

Authors

Le, Tri
Carbone, Angela
Sheard, Judithe
Schuhmacher, Margot
de Raadt, Michael
Johnson, Chris

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IEEE

Abstract

Technology empowers students but can also entice them to plagiarise. To tackle this problem, plagiarism detection tools are especially useful, not only in popular thinking as a deterrent for students, but also as an educational tool to raise students' awa

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Keywords: Academic integrity; Detection performance; Educational objectives; Learning environments; Plagiarism detection; Source codes; Students' perspectives; Virtual learning environments; Computer aided instruction; Computer programming; Engineering education; I academic integrity; computer source code; plagiarism detection tool

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Proceedings - 2013 Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering, LaTiCE 2013

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Conference paper

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2037-12-31