Themes | Representative quotes (2013) | Representative quotes (2017) |
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Lack of plagiarism concept | “Value place on plagiarism seems to be different here from North America” | “Lack of awareness of what constitutes plagiarism” |
“Despite education, not clear on what plagiarism is” | “Lack of clarity of plagiarism vs quotation” | |
“Unaware of what constitutes plagiarism and what constitutes working together” | “Not understanding that minimal paraphrasing of a sentence does not mean this is not a copy” | |
“They believe they are helping each other” | ||
“Not knowing this behavior is not allowed” | “Unsure of why they should not plagiarize” | |
“Sometimes unintentional” | ||
“Lack of knowledge” “ignorance” | ||
Time management | “Time pressure” | “Time restrictions” |
“To save time” | “Time constrain with heavy schedule” | |
“They do not have time” | “Pressure to have the work done on time” | |
“Time management” | ||
Laziness | “Thought of presenting a good write up without committing the necessary effort” | “Laziness” |
“Laziness is number 1 in areas I discover. However, in first year, it can be a lack of understanding expectations but this is corrected very early.” | “Laziness or being unsure of the importance of doing their own work” | |
“Easy copy and pasting” | ||
“Laziness; lack of motivation” | ||
“Leaving assignments till last minutes and rushing to finish” | ||
Lack of consequences | “Have been no serious consequences here that I know of” | “No clear consequences” |
“They feel they won’t get caught” | ||
“Everyone else does it” | ||
Pressure to do well | “Pressure to achieve high marks” | “Pressure to success” |
Academic difficulty |  | “Difficulty with subject matter” |
“Lack of self-confidence, poor sense of values” | ||
Language weaknesses | “Language difficulty” | “Language difficulty” |
Carelessness | “Carelessness” | “Carelessness” |
“Poor use of resources” |