Brief report on the history of plagiarism workshops at Fresno State; survey results and pre-post-test data

1. Assessing the Effectiveness of the
Plagiarism Workshop
Poster Created by Ida M. Jones
Workshop co-creator Judith C. Scott
Stats & graphs
Ida M. Jones,
Craig School of Business
Judith C. Scott,
College of Arts and Humanities

2. Reducing plagiarism promotes
academic integrity in the
learning environment. No
copying and pasting but
writing instead!
—Ida M. Jones & Judith C. Scott

3. Plagiarism Workshps
Since 2006

4. 2006-2007
2014+
2012-2014
2008-2011
The Immediate
Past
Overview-Academic integrity Workshops 2006-2014
The Beginning
The Future
The Present

5. 2006-2007
2014+
2012-2014
2008-2011
The Immediate
Past
Academic integrity Workshops 2006-2007
The Future
The Present

6. Of students at
Fresno State
admit
plagiarizing
Cyber-plagiarism
"I did not realize the
extent to which
plagiarism includes. I
have plagiarized but
not knowingly. I am
glad to have been in
this workshop."
Student, 2007
79.7%
Plagiarism happens

7. 2006-2007
2014+
2012-2014
2008-2011
The
Immediate
Past
Academic integrity Workshops 2008-2011
The Beginning
The Future
The Present

8. Student Survey-Understanding
Plagiarism
"Very good. Learned a
lot. Very funning and
entertaining but
insightful."
Student, 2010
Survey, 2010

9. "Thanks for this workshop.
I've learned a great deal of
information and feel bad that
I've actually done a couple of
plagiarizing."
Student, 2010

10. Students' perceptions whether they had
plagiarized
Question:
Now that I have learned
what plagiarism is, I feel
that:
*Plagiarized in the past
*Never plagiarized in the
past
Survey, 2010

11. 2006-2007
2014+
2012-2014
2008-2011
The Immediate
Past
Academic integrity Workshops 2012-2014
The Beginning
The Future

12. Craig School of Business
Economics
Finance and Business Law
Management
Marketing
Colleges and Types of Courses Represented
2013-14
Jordan College of Agricultural
Sciences and Technology
College of Science and
Mathematics
College of Social Sciences
Anthropology
Culinary Arts
Mathematics
Arts and Humanities
Communications
Linguistics
Modern & Classical Languages
Health and Human Services
Kinesiology
Public Health

13. 25%
Overall
improvement on
scores between
pre and post test

14. 2006-2007
2014+
2012-2014
2008-2011
The Immediate
Past
Academic integrity Workshops 2014
The Beginning
The Future
The Present