January 17, 2008

More than half of teachers believe internet plagiarism is a serious problem among sixth-form students, a teaching union survey suggests.
The 58% of 278 teachers who identified it as a problem said they thought 25% of work returned by pupils included material copied from internet sites.

One teacher said a piece of work they saw still contained website adverts.

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers said schools must introduce robust policies to tackle plagiarism.

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