College students can’t write papers： nearly 90% of the respondents think that thesis classes should be set up.

　　A few days ago, the teacher of the "Science Fiction Literature and Film Creation Series Lecture Class" of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences gave 22 students 0 points for plagiarizing their final articles, which sounded an alarm for the students. Because of the lack of self-accumulation, lack of relevant training and the neglect of undergraduate thesis, plagiarism of college students’ thesis is widespread on campus.

　　Last week, a survey of 2002 college students was conducted by the Social Investigation Center of China Youth Newspaper in conjunction with the questionnaire network. It showed that 76.4% of the respondents plagiarized course papers, and 67.3% of the respondents thought it was serious academic misconduct. 64.0% of the respondents believe that college students plagiarize papers because they lack knowledge accumulation and research ability. 88.0% of the respondents hope that the university will offer a thesis writing course, and 67.8% of the respondents think that the tutor should strictly check the feasibility and difficulty of the project.

　　Among the respondents, 13.4% were freshmen and sophomores, 61.8% were juniors and seniors, 9.1% were postgraduates and above, and 15.6% had graduated. Men account for 54.8% and women account for 45.2%.

　　64.0% of the respondents believe that college students plagiarize papers because they lack knowledge accumulation and research ability.

　　Zhang Jie (pseudonym), a senior majoring in international trade at Ningbo University, told reporters that many students around her copied and pasted their papers from various documents, and got them through reverse order. What’s more, they would directly find gunmen on Taobao to write them.

　　Lin Yuan (a pseudonym), a junior at the School of Journalism, Renmin University of China, feels that there are few cases of plagiarism around. "It is very difficult for our disciplines to write original papers at the undergraduate level. Many of them rely on consulting relevant literature and writing their own course papers. Writing ideas and references may draw lessons from other papers. However, I heard that some students are looking for someone to write papers on their behalf, and there are still cases of falsification of paper data in the Statistical Institute. "

　　In the survey, 76.4% of the respondents said that there was plagiarism of course papers around, 11.5% said that there was no plagiarism around, and 12.1% said that it was unclear. 67.3% of the respondents think that plagiarism is a serious academic misconduct, 23.2% think it’s no big deal, many students use other people’s opinions, and 9.5% say it’s hard to say.

　　"In the past, the courses were generally closed-book exams, which examined the ability of memory and recitation. They were relatively rigid, but they were also fair and objective. Written examination is rarely used in western countries, and many students are assessed by means of usual discussion, research speeches and course papers. Now many universities in China are gradually using this method, especially for graduate students. " Liu Haifeng, director of the Examination Research Center of Xiamen University, said that the latter’s assessment methods are flexible and diverse, allowing students to study independently, and combining study with research. However, there are difficulties in objective assessment, and plagiarism and writing for others may occur. "Now there is software to check duplication, plagiarism is easier to find out, but it is difficult to find out if someone else wrote it for you."

　　In the survey, 64.0% of the respondents think that college students plagiarize papers because of lack of knowledge accumulation and research ability, 56.6% think that time is not enough, 45.0% think that "thesis writing" is just a formal assignment, 40.0% think that relevant courses or papers are worthless, 23.4% think that they follow the trend, and 12.7% point out that some teachers have limited level.

　　Zhang Jie believes that it is ok to learn from other people’s papers, but it should not be copied without thinking. Moreover, the process of writing a thesis is very training, which can enhance a person’s logical thinking ability and ability to collect effective information.

　　Lin Yuan believes that the main reasons for plagiarism of college students’ papers are insufficient knowledge and heavy tasks. "Freshmen and sophomores have to attend 10 classes a week, each class is assigned a paper, and some classes have reading notes and the like. Coupled with the lack of undergraduate knowledge accumulation, plagiarism has become the most convenient way. "

　　Liu Haifeng believes that one reason why college students plagiarize papers is that they are not good enough to write well, and another reason is that they are too lazy to write and want to cope with it by opportunism. There are also students who want to get better grades, for scholarships, research and employment.

　　To put an end to plagiarism of college students’ papers, 67.8% of the respondents think that tutors should strictly check the feasibility and difficulty of the project and provide students with materials for reference, and 56.6% of the respondents suggest that schools adopt more ways to measure students’ learning level. Others include: carrying out necessary spot checks (49.5%), increasing the punishment for plagiarism (41.7%), strengthening the construction of study style, carrying out publicity and education on academic ethics (25.5%), and establishing a perfect academic evaluation mechanism (19.0%).

　　88.0% of the respondents think that universities should offer thesis writing courses.

　　According to the survey, there are other problems in college students’ papers: they have not been trained in writing norms (65.9%), it is difficult to form their own opinions (58.7%), the requirements of papers do not match the learning level (50.7%) and they are not taken seriously (27.0%). 88.0% of the respondents believe that universities should offer thesis writing courses.

　　Lin Yuan thinks that universities should offer thesis writing courses, but don’t measure them by grades. Now, the thesis writing class is just like other classes. At last, we have to make a report and write a thesis, which increases the burden on students.

　　"Now many universities have thesis writing courses, especially at the postgraduate level. It is also very important to go out for employment, which is a basic skill. " Liu Haifeng pointed out that academic papers are different from prose and lyrical styles, and emphasize logic, theory and academic norms. "Thesis writing course should include three aspects: content and thought, formal skills and academic norms. The most basic thing is the framework structure, viewpoints and arguments, the expression of academic language, and the format specifications such as quotations, notes and references. The most important thing in writing a thesis is to have something to say and have your own thinking and research. It is necessary to emphasize respect for intellectual property rights to students and not to have the idea of plagiarism. " According to the survey, the respondents think that the content of the thesis writing course should involve the structure and format of the thesis (64.0%), how to find and read reference materials (61.4%), how to make a literature review (52.7%), and others: how to form an argument (44.3%), the basic principles of writing a thesis (38.0%) and what journal to publish in (12.8%).

　　Lin Yuan hopes that teachers in all subjects can give feedback to students’ papers and tell them where there are shortcomings and how to improve them. "There is also the need to pay attention to training critical thinking in class. I took a journalism theory class before, and the teacher assigned a lot of books, so that we could write a book report in each class. The whole class benefited a lot after one semester. "

　　To improve the level of college students’ thesis writing, 71.1% of the respondents suggested that the school set up relevant courses or lectures to systematically teach thesis writing, 62.0% suggested that college students read extensively to broaden their knowledge, 57.2% suggested that the school arrange holiday homework to let students exercise their ability to write papers, and 32.8% suggested that teachers give guidance and feedback while arranging thesis homework in class.

　　Zhang Jie suggested that college students should strengthen the training of logical thinking when completing their daily homework, and the school should offer relevant courses, and at the same time establish a reporting platform to supervise each other among students. "Before assigning the paper homework, the teacher can explain and analyze the ideas of writing the paper. In addition, it is necessary to punish the media that provide convenience for plagiarism. "

　　To prevent plagiarism of college students’ papers, Lin Yuan felt that there should be corresponding punishment, such as failing the exam. In addition, it is necessary to reduce the burden on students and pay attention to the quality rather than quantity of papers. "Teachers should be persuasive in class and teach students how to form their own ideas. Once they have ideas, they can write papers easily.".

　　"We hope that students’ learning should be personalized, and the unified examination is really rigid, unless it is a course that needs to be measured, such as a foreign language, so there will be more and more forms of assessment for college course papers. It is flexible and diverse to evaluate the learning situation with course papers. The key is how to control the quality of the paper. " Liu Haifeng believes that to ensure the quality of course papers, teachers should be highly responsible and strict with students. Students can be told in advance, and whether there is plagiarism can be seen through duplicate checking.

　　China Youth Daily Zhongqing Online Reporter Wang Pinzhi Intern Gu Lingwen