Abstract
This study aims to find out the perception of post-graduate students on plagiarism, the influenced factors, and the strategies used by the students to avoid plagiarism in thesis writing. To collect the data, 10 post-graduate students of Graduate Study of English Education at University of Syiah Kuala (USK) were chosen randomly based on the predetermined criteria: the students in the academic year 2016 and 2017 who have written their thesis. The data were collected through interviews. The result of data analysis shows that the post-graduate students of English Education at USK have the same perception about the issue of plagiarism in thesis writing. The factors contributing to plagiarism are limited time, the deadline, technological development and ease of accessing online sources, students' laziness, lack of understanding to paraphrase, and poor understanding of plagiarism. Furthermore, two main strategies can be used to avoid plagiarism in thesis writing. The first is paraphrasing and quoting other peoples' ideas. The second is reading a lot of sources from many articles and journals to learn how the authors develop their idea in their writing and how to put citations and references appropriately.
Highlights
Plagiarism, according to the American Association of University Professors, is defined as "taking over the ideas, methods, or written words of another, without acknowledgement and with the intent that theyThe strategies used by post-graduate students to avoid plagiarism in thesis writing
The conclusion about the students' perception toward plagiarism, the factors of doing plagiarism, and the strategies to avoid plagiarism are derived based on the data display analyses and the discussion on the previous stage
The students perceived plagiarism as citing others’ works and acknowledge it as others’ work. They agreed that plagiarism is a forbidden action to do in thesis writing
Summary
Plagiarism, according to the American Association of University Professors, is defined as "taking over the ideas, methods, or written words of another, without acknowledgement and with the intent that they. The strategies used by post-graduate students to avoid plagiarism in thesis writing Fitrisia) are taken as the work of the deceiver." This means that plagiarism is defined as copying someone else’s work without mentioning the sources. The above description is comparable to the definition of plagiarism by Khairunnisak (2018) and Snow (2006) who described plagiarism as the act of copying someone else’s ideas and creations without acknowledging the source and passing them as his own. Plagiarism in writing refers to using someone else’ idea or work in one’s writing without citing sources and claiming it as one’s own
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