A study of Turnitin as an educational tool in student dissertations

John Biggam; Margaret McCann

doi:10.1108/17415651011031644

A study of Turnitin as an educational tool in student dissertations

John Biggam, Margaret McCann

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This paper explores the use of Turnitin as a learning tool (particularly in relation to citing sources and paraphrasing) and as a vehicle for reducing incidences of plagiarism. The research was implemented using a case study of 49 final year “honours” undergraduate students undertaking their year-long core dissertation module. Over the course of the academic year student submissions to Turnitin were analysed in terms of improvements to their Turnitin scores and academic writing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	44-54
Number of pages	11
Journal	Interactive Technology and Smart Education
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/17415651011031644
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010

Keywords

educational tool
Turnitin
writing skills
dissertations
plagiarism

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