Internet plagiarism rising in British schools while half of university students also prepared to submit essays bought off internet, according to research
Posted in: Internet Use/New Technologies at 22/06/2010 17:24
The number of schools using plagiarism-detecting computer software to catch A-level students cheating in their coursework has rocketed, amid warnings that children as young as 11 need to be taught not to copy and paste from the internet.
Nearly 90 schools and more than 130 colleges now use the Turnitin database to cross-check pupils' work with material found online - double the numbers two years ago.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jun/20/internet-plagiarism-rising-in-schools
