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Plagiarism

Teaching critical thinking and research in a cut and paste world

Plagiarism bloopers A book review is not a book even when the

subject is ADHD

Brief History of Plagiarism

Find a dusty book in the library

and copy large passages

Term paper mills open advertise $$

House of Cheat & other term paper

purveyors open online

Less blatant plagiarism

Cut and paste very long passages changing the verbs to the correct tense all thinking omitted Student thinks this is paraphrasing

Failing to make clear which source particular pieces of information came from

Student includes a bibliography but with few or no intext references

Less blatant plagiarism

• Self plagiarizing, rewriting a paper done for another class or using the same paper for two classes without permission.

Outcomes for a psychology research project

Apply new techniques and skills to aid in on-line research

Evaluate sources of information for relevance, validity, and legitimacy

Understand new psychology ideas and concepts

Articulate in writing an clear and concise explanation of psychological concepts learned

Demonstrate a thorough and consistent citation of sources

Kim’s plagiarism assignment

Locate appropriate web sites, providing information on plagiarism.

List 3 appropriate web sites

Explain why the web site meets the criteria for “appropriate”

Give examples of 5 different types of plagiarism. Paraphrase these – DO NOT copy the labels or names used on the web sites.

More questions

Why is plagiarism a problem? That is, why do instructors and schools take it so seriously?

What is SFCC’s policy on plagiarism and academic dishonesty?

Why do students plagiarize?

As an instructor, what would you do if a student plagiarized work as his/her own?

Solutions

Approve, suggest or assign topics

Have students submit a preliminary bibliography or list of sources (The librarian can help you here.)

Require a rough draft for peer editing

Purpose of the research Explore theories?

Update textbook with reports of latest research?

Read and explain in-depth material not covered in the text

What are appropriate resources and why?

Discuss, Discuss, Discuss & Discuss

Why students fail

The frontal lobe

More radical solutions Omit some of the writing have students do an

annotated bibliography

Assign students an article summary or a book review

Require a different product from the research The research product could be a speech, a poster

or a PowerPoint presentation

Help for SFCC Students & Faculty

Washington Online Writing Center

http://owl.waol.org/

SFCC Plagiarism page

Suggestions for faculty