The Effectiveness of Using Paraphrasing Strategies on Research Writing: Turnitin Model

Document Type : Original Article

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1 University of Baghdad, Quality Insurance Unit

2 University of Baghdad, College of Education Ibn Rushd

Abstract

The revolution in technology made students plagiarize others’ work and submit it as their own. The aim of this study is to find the effectiveness of teaching paraphrasing strategies in reducing students’ plagiarism in university of Baghdad. The Sample of the study is randomly chosen out ofeighty,fourth year college students.The materials were taught within eight weeks of instruction about paraphrasing strategies.Results represent that treating the experimental group with paraphrasing strategies have resulted in expanding the range of avoiding plagiarism in the post-test. Moreover, the findings showed that plagiarism is a problem for the studentsat a college level and their assignment submitted during the course of study includes a material that was copied from other sources without mentioning the source.

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