Encouraging good writing practice in first-year psychology students writing: an intervention using Turnitin

Betts, LR ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6147-8089, Bostock, LR, Elder, TJ and Trueman, M, 2013. Encouraging good writing practice in first-year psychology students writing: an intervention using Turnitin. Psychology Teaching Review, 18 (2), pp. 74-81. ISSN 0965-948X

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Abstract

There is growing concern among many regarding plagiarism within student writing . This has promoted investigation in to both the factors that predict plagiarism and potential methods of reducing plagiarism. Consequently, we developed and evaluated an intervention to enhance good practice within academic writing through the use of the plagiarism detection software Turnitin. One hundred and sixteen first-year Psychology students submitted work to Turnitin and 71 of these students evaluated their learning experiences. For the next assignment the students completed, there was a reduction in academic misconduct cases compared to the previous year and students evaluated the session positively. The findings have implications for teaching good practice in academic writing.

Item Type:	Journal article
Description:	This is a pre-publication version of the following article: BETTS, L.R., BOSTOCK, S.J., ELDER, T.J. and TRUEMAN, M., 2013. Encouraging good writing practice in first-year psychology students writing: an intervention using Turnitin. Psychology Teaching Review, 18 (2), pp. 74-81.
Publication Title:	Psychology Teaching Review
Creators:	Betts, L.R., Bostock, L.R., Elder, T.J. and Trueman, M.
Publisher:	British Psychological Society
Place of Publication:	Leicester
Date:	2013
Volume:	18
Number:	2
ISSN:	0965-948X
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	09 Oct 2015 11:14
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 13:53
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/24840

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