Reducing plagiarism through academic misconduct education
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Although there is much discussion exploring the potential causes of plagiarism, there is limited research available which provides evidence as to the academic interventions which may help reduce this. This paper discusses a bespoke English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programme introduced at the university level, aimed at improving the academic writing standards of students, reducing plagiarism, and detecting cases of contract cheating. Results from 12 semesters of academic misconduct data (n = 12,937) demonstrate a 37.01% reduction in instances of detected plagiarism following the intervention, but due to limited data, cannot demonstrate a direct impact on reducing detected rates of contract cheating. The results also show a lower than expected proportion of plagiarised assignments (3.46%) among submissions.
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EAP modules help mitigate some forms of academic dishonesty such as plagiarism by equipping students with paraphrasing, summarising, referencing and critical thinking skills.
“These skills include paraphrasing, summarising, referencing and critical thinking and, by equipping students with these, EAP modules help mitigate some forms of academic dishonesty such as plagiarism (Perkins et al., 2020).”
From Artificial Intelligence for Academic Purposes (AIAP): Integrating AI literacy into an EAP module (2025) · cites this paper as Perkins et al., 2020
The intervention section describes an EAP module covering paraphrasing, referencing and critical thinking, and the Conclusion reports a decrease in detected plagiarism after its introduction. The paper assesses synthesis of material but does not explicitly identify summarising as a skill taught, nor isolate the listed skills as the cause of the decrease. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Authors
- Perkins, M., Gezgin, U. B., & Roe, J.
- Affiliations
- British University Vietnam (VN)
- Corresponding author
- Perkins, Mike
- Venue
- International Journal for Educational Integrity
- Published
- 2020-05-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1833-2595 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3025510630
- Cited by
- 134
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 20.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal for Educational Integrity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Greater South Information System
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Academic integrity and plagiarism
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
- Keywords
- plagiarism, academic misconduct, academic integrity education, English for academic purposes, academic writing, contract cheating, university students
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