both policies are aimed to avoid the action of
plagiarism ". (M3)
Similarly, M1 expresses emphatically that the
student will be spared from plagiarizing the work of
others.
"The policy of using the guidebook is to prevent
students from copy-pasting or plagiarizing the work
of others. Hmmm is right, the use of the book is
explained about the quotation, I think it will avoid the
action of plagiarism ". (M1)
As confirmed by M2 that the scientific writing
guidelines is effective in preventing plagiarism.
"I think the policy is effective in preventing
copying and pasting the work of others, of course with
information about clear quotations so that students
can understand it. Of the three policies that have been
made by the Department is right yah I think in
avoiding the plagiarism ". (M2)
3.3.3 The Prevention of Plagiarism for the
Faculty of Education Students in
Completing Their Thesis
Government through permendiknas Number 17 of
2010 states that what is meant by the prevention of
plagiarism is a preventive action undertaken by the
leadership of the college that aims to avoid plagiarism
in the environment college. There must be some
preventive acts to ensure that every scientific works
dine by the students are plagiarism-free or original.
Prevention that can be done to minimize the act of
plagiarism done by the students of the Faculty of
Education in preparing the final task is to provide a
comprehensive understanding of writing techniques
including a true understanding of the in house style
used by the University of Education Indonesia, in
addition, the students must be equipped with
comprehensive information the danger of plagiarism
, students are given an understanding that at least
includes some important points such as; legislation
governing plagiarism, plagiarism sanctions, the
effects of pluralism, and tips on how to avoid
plagiarism.
“...steps that can be done is to organize
workshops or writing training, discussing APA, then
also given the understanding to the students the
danger of plagiarism is like what, the rules, the
sanctions how, the techniques how to avoid it ... (D1)
Comprehensive understanding of writing
techniques and the dangers of plagiarism should be
cultivated in the world of universities, not only to
students but also to lecturers. The lecturer should be
concerned and critical on the issue of plagiarism,
because in addition to guiding students in the writing
of the final task, lecturers also conduct research, both
individual and team, collaboration team with similar
field, across fields or even collaborate with students.
Other precautions that can be done in prevention
of plagiarism by students of the Faculty of Education
in the preparation of the final task by utilizing the
center of learning resources in the college (library) by
consulting the librarian, students can ask about
relevant sources of references, citation techniques ,
and others as.
...not only consulting to the supervisor, the student
can also come to the library, as far as I know
librarian has competence on this (avoiding
plagiarism), the student can consult about referral
source, quotation technique ...... "(D3)
The most effective approach to avoiding
plagiarism is to do the paraphrase without forgetting
the correct quotation. By paraphrasing we can read
and understand someone’s idea and we can rewrite
them using our own sentence by keep listing the
original source.
“...paraphrase is the most effective way in
avoiding plagiarism...” (D2)
“... improve the paraphrasing skill I guess...”
(D3)
Another precaution that can be done is to make a
comprehensive check on the students’ paper. Every
chapter of the students’ work are checked using anti-
plagiarism software, such as Turnitin. Turnitin is used
by Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia as an anti-
plagiarism tool managed by the library, Turnitin is a
software that can track the level of similarity of a
paper with other writings that have been first
uploaded in various kinds of online portals. The
similarity level is presented in the form of percentage.
Suppose the similarity value of a scientific paper has
a score of 30%, the number means that the level of
similarity of the paper with other writings on the
online portal as much as 30%. A final paper can be
said to be plagiarism free and deserves to be
published if the scanning process has been done
through Turnitin in the final project and the result is
below 30%.
For the thesis the value of similarity or similarity
below 30%, if there is still above it then it should be
analyzed, improved and guided by the lecturers ......"
(D1)
“The Turnitin value for a thesis must be lower
than 30%...” (D2)
“ it will be better if it is below 20 %, but it will be
too much for S1, so 30% will be just enough ...” (D3)
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