title: Plagiarism and Cheating: A Mixed Methods Study  of Student Academic Dishonesty

authors: Guthrie, Claire Lynette

subjects: plagiarism

abstract: This thesis was undertaken to fulfil the requirements of a Master's degree in Social Science Research and as such its main intention is to develop and demonstrate skill and competency by conducting a mixed methods research study.  To demonstrate this I conducted an investigation into the occurrence of student academic dishonesty at the University of Waikato using both quantitative and qualitative methods.  The aim of the research was to compare my findings with the data reported by the University's Student Discipline Committee and the findings from a large North American study by Professor Donald McCabe.   
The findings show similarities to the Student Discipline Committee Annual Reports in that plagiarism was the most common behaviour reported by all participants.  However, the levels reported of minor plagiarism are higher than that reported by the Committee and match the levels reported in international research.   When comparing my findings with McCabe's the overall results were very similar despite the difference in the populations studied.  
It is hoped that the findings of this research can be used to understand the issues around academic dishonesty and to develop ways of supporting both students and staff in order to reduce its occurrence.

text: Plagiarism and Cheating: A Mixed Methods Study  of Student Academic Dishonesty This thesis was undertaken to fulfil the requirements of a Master's degree in Social Science Research and as such its main intention is to develop and demonstrate skill and competency by conducting a mixed methods research study.  To demonstrate this I conducted an investigation into the occurrence of student academic dishonesty at the University of Waikato using both quantitative and qualitative methods.  The aim of the research was to compare my findings with the data reported by the University's Student Discipline Committee and the findings from a large North American study by Professor Donald McCabe.   
The findings show similarities to the Student Discipline Committee Annual Reports in that plagiarism was the most common behaviour reported by all participants.  However, the levels reported of minor plagiarism are higher than that reported by the Committee and match the levels reported in international research.   When comparing my findings with McCabe's the overall results were very similar despite the difference in the populations studied.  
It is hoped that the findings of this research can be used to understand the issues around academic dishonesty and to develop ways of supporting both students and staff in order to reduce its occurrence.

year: 2009

title: Improving our fitnesse: From concrete executions to partial specification

authors: Streader, David

subjects: computer science

abstract: Fitnesse and FIT [5] allow systems tests to be written by non-programmers using a Wiki or HTML style of input. However, there is little support for syntactic and semantic checks as the tests are being designed. This paper describes a support tool for designing table-based test cases that gives deep semantic analysis about a set of test cases. It uses a variety of strategies such as pairwise analysis, boundary value analysis and test case subsumption to suggest missing test cases and to generalise concrete tests into more abstract tests. The goal is to interactively improve the quality of test suites during the test design phase.

text: Improving our fitnesse: From concrete executions to partial specification Fitnesse and FIT [5] allow systems tests to be written by non-programmers using a Wiki or HTML style of input. However, there is little support for syntactic and semantic checks as the tests are being designed. This paper describes a support tool for designing table-based test cases that gives deep semantic analysis about a set of test cases. It uses a variety of strategies such as pairwise analysis, boundary value analysis and test case subsumption to suggest missing test cases and to generalise concrete tests into more abstract tests. The goal is to interactively improve the quality of test suites during the test design phase.

year: 2011-04-07

title: Ko ngā whakahokinga kōrero a te hunga uiui i roto i te akomanga rumaki i te Whare Wānanga o Waikato: He pūrongo mō ngā ui pātai

authors: Nock, Sophie

subjects: Reo Māori

abstract: Ko te whāinga matua o tēnei rangahau he whakakaokao, he wetewete āno hoki i ngā whakahokinga kōrero a te hunga uiui i kake atu ai ki runga i te waka o Te Tohu Paetahi i te tau 2008, i raro i te kōawa o Rehutai, i raro anō hoki i te maru o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato. Ka aro atu ki ngā urupare a te hunga tekau mā ono mō te kaupapa nei o Te Tohu Paetahi, ka mutu, ka matapakihia ngā kōrero me ngā whakaaro o taua hunga kia āta kitea ai, āe rānei e tika ana te whakahaere, te mahi whakaako i te reo, te tautoko mai hoki a ngā kaiwhakaako me te kura. I te mutunga iho tautoko katoa te hunga uiui ki aua mea katoa.

text: Ko ngā whakahokinga kōrero a te hunga uiui i roto i te akomanga rumaki i te Whare Wānanga o Waikato: He pūrongo mō ngā ui pātai Ko te whāinga matua o tēnei rangahau he whakakaokao, he wetewete āno hoki i ngā whakahokinga kōrero a te hunga uiui i kake atu ai ki runga i te waka o Te Tohu Paetahi i te tau 2008, i raro i te kōawa o Rehutai, i raro anō hoki i te maru o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato. Ka aro atu ki ngā urupare a te hunga tekau mā ono mō te kaupapa nei o Te Tohu Paetahi, ka mutu, ka matapakihia ngā kōrero me ngā whakaaro o taua hunga kia āta kitea ai, āe rānei e tika ana te whakahaere, te mahi whakaako i te reo, te tautoko mai hoki a ngā kaiwhakaako me te kura. I te mutunga iho tautoko katoa te hunga uiui ki aua mea katoa.

year: 2017