First, plagiarism of graduation thesis is serious.

On June 4, 2004,165438+1October 4, 2004, China Central Radio and TV University held a seminar on open education. At the meeting, Tao Shuilong, deputy director of the Academic Affairs Office of China Central Radio and TV University, made a brief analysis of the problems existing in the centralized practice of open education pilots at that time. He pointed out that the main problems existing in centralized internship, especially graduation project (thesis), are: the quality of graduation thesis is not high, the guidance of thesis tutor is not in place, the graduation thesis is plagiarized, and the thesis defense process is not standardized. He pointed out that plagiarism is the main problem in graduation thesis. In recent years, in the guidance, examination and defense of graduation thesis in open education, teachers have also found that plagiarism is a prominent problem. Taking the graduation thesis examination in the teaching and research section of our college in the spring of 2006 as an example, the three majors (undergraduate) of law, education management and administrative management were judged as plagiarism as follows: law major, the total number of graduation thesis was 8 12, of which 324 were judged as plagiarism, with an average plagiarism rate of 40%. In 16 of the city and state TV universities, 9 are above average, among which the top one is the largest. The total number of graduation theses of education management major is 466, of which 80 are judged as plagiarism, and the average plagiarism rate is 17%. 1 1 Five of the RTVUs are above the average level, and the top three are 33%, 30% and 30% respectively. There are 107 graduation theses of administrative management major, of which 23 are judged as plagiarism, with an average plagiarism rate of 2 1%. Of the nine city and state TV universities, two are above average, and the top three are 77%, 47% and 19% respectively. This shows the seriousness of plagiarism in graduation thesis.

Second, how to identify whether the graduation thesis is plagiarized?

It is sometimes not easy to identify whether a graduation thesis is plagiarized. Through the practice of graduation thesis work in open education in recent years, I have summed up the following three basic methods:

1, search online.

Online search is a common method, because plagiarism is mainly manifested in downloading from the Internet. Through online search, copying and pasting, they pieced together different articles and changed their faces into their own "works". Some students even copied others' articles word for word.

Summing up the experience of online search, we think we should pay attention to the following two points:

First, pay attention to the three levels of online search. The three levels of online search refer to: online search for tutors, online search for city and state TV universities to review, and online search for electricity-saving professional review. Among them, the tutor's online search is the key. Whether a student's graduation thesis is plagiarized or not should be identified in the tutor's link. This is the responsibility of a tutor, and the number of tutors is small, so online search doesn't take much time. If the instructor can't search because of conditions, or because the instructor's sense of responsibility is not strong, it needs the online search of city and state TV universities and the online search of power saving review to check. Facts have proved that it is very necessary for city and state TV universities to review online search and power-saving review online search.

Second, we should pay attention to the methods of online search. Online search usually adopts the following three ways: first, search for titles, including the titles and headlines of search papers. This is a common method in search, and most plagiarized papers on the Internet can be found out by this method. Second, search the content summary. Some students have changed their online papers, but the search title can't be found. You can use the method of searching for the abstract of the article. Third, search for a sentence with strong technical terms in the article. If you can't find out the first two methods, use this method. As long as it is copied online, it can generally be found in this way.

2. Ask questions during the guidance process.

Some papers are copied at first sight and can't be found online. Such articles are generally not copied from the Internet. In this case, when instructing, especially when instructing the first draft, the instructor can identify it by asking questions, for example, asking for reference materials, asking about the content of the article and so on.

3. reply. An important function of thesis defense is to identify the authenticity. Due to various reasons, many papers are still plagiarized after graduation thesis guidance and examination by city and state TV universities. Therefore, to identify whether the paper is plagiarized, it needs to be identified by defense. According to our defense experience, we can use the method of "three readings" to find the object suspected of plagiarism, and then make a targeted defense in the defense process. The "third look" is: first, look at the topic. Generally speaking, if the topic is abstract and academic, there is a greater possibility of plagiarism. Second, look at the references. Generally, those who quote foreign language references or works and opinions of foreign scholars are more likely to copy. Third, look at the content. This aspect needs the support of teachers' personal academic accomplishment.

Third, take various measures to prevent plagiarism of graduation thesis.

Investigating plagiarism in graduation thesis is not the purpose. We should take various measures to prevent plagiarism of graduation thesis.

From the students' point of view, the reasons for plagiarism of graduation thesis are as follows: first, I have not been trained in thesis writing and don't know how to write it; Second, I am busy with work and have no time to write; Third, students don't pay attention to it and don't want to write; From the tutor's point of view, one is that some tutors are not of high quality, and the other is that some tutors are not responsible. In view of the above reasons, to put an end to plagiarism in graduation thesis, the following measures can be taken:

1, explain the importance of graduation thesis writing to students, make students fully realize that graduation thesis writing is an important link in the whole teaching process, and arouse their ideological attention.

2. Hold a lecture on graduation thesis writing knowledge, so that students can understand its basic process and methods.

3. Hire high-quality tutors and strengthen their training.

4. Strictly deal with students and tutors who plagiarize graduation thesis. Once plagiarism is found, the student's current thesis writing qualification and tutor guidance qualification should be cancelled. Strict handling can attract the attention of relevant students and tutors to the graduation thesis work.

5. Strengthen the process management of graduation thesis. Instructing teachers to guide papers is the most important link to prevent plagiarism. The tutor should strictly examine and carefully guide the topic selection, outline writing, first draft and second draft of the paper from the beginning of topic selection. City and state TV universities should standardize the operation and strengthen the inspection and guidance of the graduation thesis work process in accordance with the relevant provisions of the provincial power saving university on centralized internship.