ABSTRACT Australian universities are grappling with the challenge of plagiarism among students, particularly international students, with a reliance on software such as Turnitin. Measuring plagiarism in this way has limitations, with consequences for the internalisation of academic integrity by international students. An appraisal of such software demonstrates how its purported aims may differ substantially from pragmatic applicability. While academics are reluctant to encourage student obsession with Turnitin similarity percentages to the detriment of genuine academic engagement, higher education providers increasingly view clear-cut metrics as attractive solutions to a deeply complex and widespread phenomenon. Teachers operating in a pathway program for international students raise serious questions about the effectiveness of Turnitin to achieve the desired pedagogical outcomes when they see students expending time and effort in mastering avoidance techniques while remaining immune to the essence of academic scholarly integrity. This paper addresses these concerns and presents alternative and/or complementary recommendations.

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Turnitin是否支持国际学生学术诚信的发展？

摘要澳大利亚大学依靠Turnitin之类的软件来应对学生尤其是国际学生的窃挑战。以这种方式衡量窃有局限性，对国际学生的学术诚信内部化具有影响。对此类软件的评估表明，其声称的目的可能与实用性有很大不同。尽管学者们不愿鼓励学生迷恋Turnitin相似度百分比，以致损害真正的学术参与度，但高等教育机构越来越多地将明确的指标视为解决深层复杂现象的有吸引力的解决方案。在为国际学生开设的衔接课程中，当教师看到学生花费大量时间和精力来掌握避免技术，同时又对学术诚信的本质保持免疫力时，他们对Turnitin达到预期的教学效果的有效性提出了严重的疑问。本文解决了这些问题，并提出了替代和/或补充性建议。