| dc.description.abstract | The study aimed at comprehending the impact of plagiarism on student’s motivation and performance. This report is made up of 5 different sections or chapters.
Plagiarism among college students is increasing at a worrying rate yet its impact on student’s motivation and performance were unknown. Without having detailed information on its impact towards those variables, it was very hard to table possible ways of addressing this challenge.
Like any other study problem; several studies were done concerning plagiarism and therefore; the researcher reviewed existing literature to get some insights pertaining the relationship between plagiarism; students’ motivation and academic performance.
The study adopted quantitative research design. Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table was used to determine the sample size of 155 respondents from a population of 260 BIOP 3rd year students within the BIOP department at Makerere University. Then a random sampling technique was employed to select respondents. An approved structured questionnaire was used in the study.
The study found out that that there is a negative relationship between plagiarism and motivation. Similarly; there is a negative relationship between plagiarism and students’ performance. Third hypothesis noted a positive relationship between students’ motivation and students’ performance.
The last section concludes that plagiarism or cheating is very common in low performing students and students who are extrinsically motivated. Intrinsic motivation amongst highly performing students compels them to distance themselves from cheating exercises. In addition; highly motivated students perform well in academics as compared to low motivated students.
The researcher recommended Makerere University to adopt strict policies against plagiarism, introduce electronic social media support platforms, and reduce on the lecture student ratio as an attempt to reduce on the growing rates of plagiarism within college students | en_US |
