Plagio académico entre alumnado de secundaria y bachillerato: Diferencias en cuanto al género y la procrastinación = Academic Plagiarism among Secondary and High School Students: Differences in Gender and Procrastination

Sureda-Negre, Jaume, Comas-Forgas, Ruben and Oliver-Trobat, Miquel-Francesc Plagio académico entre alumnado de secundaria y bachillerato: Diferencias en cuanto al género y la procrastinación = Academic Plagiarism among Secondary and High School Students: Differences in Gender and Procrastination. Comunicar, 2015, vol. 22, n. 44, pp. 103-111. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

This paper analyses the phenomenon of academic plagiarism among students enrolled in Secondary Education and High School. It is a subject poorly studied at pre-university level and very scantily discussed in the Spanish-speaking context. It investigates the frequency of committing plagiarism and the relationship between gender and procrastination and such practices. A questionnaire was administered to a representative sample (n=2,794). The results show that plagiarism is certainly present and widespread in the secondary classrooms. Furthermore, it shows that men have significantly higher levels of perpetration than women and than students who tend to leave the tasks until the last moment are more likely to plagiarize. The fruits of this research suggest the need to take into serious consideration the magnitude and severity of the problem identified; secondary schools should urgently plan and undertake measures in order to reduce and prevent the commission of this type of academic fraud. Secondly, results are useful to give clear guidance to teachers about the need for them to follow up and apply an effective control of the writing process of academic essays and tasks by students. Improving IT and library competences of the students has been identified as one of the main strategies needed to effectively address the problem.

Spanish abstract

En este trabajo se analiza el fenómeno del plagio académico entre el alumnado de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato. Se trata de un tema poco estudiado en los niveles preuniversitarios y muy escasamente tratado en el contexto hispanohablante. Se investiga la prevalencia de este fenómeno así como su relación con el género y la procrastinación. Los datos fueron obtenidos mediante la administración de un cuestionario a una muestra representativa (n=2.794). Los resultados del estudio muestran que las prácticas constitutivas de plagio están ampliamente extendidas en las aulas de los ciclos educativos medios. Además, se demuestra que los varones presentan niveles de perpetración significativamente superiores a los de las mujeres y que el alumnado que tiende a dejar los trabajos hasta el último momento tiene mayor propensión a cometer plagio. Los frutos de esta investigación sugieren la necesidad de tomar en seria consideración la magnitud y severidad del problema detectado. Los centros de educación secundaria deben proyectar y acometer de manera perentoria medidas en aras de reducir y prevenir la comisión de este tipo de fraudes académicos. Los resultados también hacen recomendable que los docentes hagan un seguimiento y un control efectivo del proceso de elaboración de los trabajos académicos. La mejora de las competencias informacionales del alumnado es señalada como una de las estrategias necesarias para encarar eficazmente el problema.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Ethics, secondary education, high school, academic integrity, academic plagiarism, information skills, assessment, school culture. Ética, educación secundaria, bachillerato, integridad académica, plagio académico, competencias informacionales, evaluación, cultura escolar
Subjects: C. Users, literacy and reading.
Depositing user: Alex Ruiz
Date deposited: 06 Jan 2015 09:47
Last modified: 06 Jan 2015 09:47
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/24356

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