Abstract—The study investigated the relationship between
understanding and prevalence of plagiarism, perceived
seriousness and prevalence of plagiarism as well as
understanding and perceived seriousness of plagiarism when
college freshman students of De La Salle Lipa, Philippines were
grouped according to academic disciplines. It was hypothesized
in the study that as level of understanding and perceived
seriousness of plagiarism increased the tendency to commit it
decreased. An adopted self-report questionnaire which
contained six scenarios covering the six different types of
plagiarism was answered by the respondents. Though with low
and negligible correlation, study revealed some trends on
relationship between the students’ understanding of plagiarism
and its degree of seriousness as well as on students’
understanding of plagiarism and frequency of its occurrence.
Results of the study may be useful for enhancing current
academic practices and for revisiting institutional policy on
plagiarism.
Index Terms—Plagiarism, prevalence, seriousness,
understanding.
Jose Macatangay is with the De La Salle Lipa, Philippines (e-mail:
jose.macatangay@dlsl.edu.ph).
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Cite: Jose Macatangay, " Understanding, Perception and Prevalence of Plagiarism
among College Freshman Students of De La Salle Lipa,
Philippines," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 672-676, 2015.