Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

Session Three:How They Plagiarize—and Why

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

Case Study: Student Voices

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

Plagiarism

What Are We Talking About?

Student Choices

Pressure: Grades

Ease

Intent

Pressure: Time

Turnitin.com

Failing, rewriting?

Punitive response

Teacher Choices

Assignments

Assumptions

Expectations

Pressure: Time

Ease

Intent

Culture

Systems

Honor Codes

Ethics Gap

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

My School: How Students Plagiarize

Term Paper M

ills

Cutting and Pasting

Peer Copying

Rearranging W

ords

Making Up Sources

Never Plagiariz

ed

5%

25%

42%

83%

19% 15%

My School: How Students Plagiarize

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

What’s on the menu?

Ordering in (Term Paper Mills)

Sure, I cooked that (Copying)

The sampler platter (Cut and Paste)

Artificial Sweetener (Substitution)

Is this from scratch? (Paraphrasing)

My mom cooked it (Too Much Help)

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

YOU NEED TO KNOW: How Widespread Is the Problem?The following statistics represent the percentage of students who:

• have engaged in cut-and-paste plagiarism: 40 percent (Muha 2003)• say internet plagiarism “is not a serious issue”: 77 percent (Campbell 2007)• have submitted a paper taken, in large part or in whole, from a term paper mill or website: 15 percent (iParadigms 2007)• have copied a few sentences from a website without citing the source: 52 percent (iParadigms 2007)• consider copying a few sentences without citation a “serious” offense: 35 percent (College Administration Publications n.d.)

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

Downloadingan entire

paper onlineCutting and pasting to make an

entire essay

Making up sources

Peer copyingSubstituting words in a sentence

Cutting and pasting a

sentence or two

Working with a partner too

closely Poor paraphrasing

skills

Including sources in a bibliography but failing to cite in-text

Taking material directly from a

textbook to answer a homework question

Intentional Plagiarism

Unintentional Plagiarism

copying, cheating

poor paraphrasi

ng

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

Top Ten: Signs that a student has plagiarized

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

Study Guide Questions 3.4, 3.5, 3.8

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

What’s the Main Reason Your Students Plagiarize?

A. It’s easy to do / they get lazy

B. They’re confused / it’s a mistake

C. They feel pressure about grades

D. They get behind on deadlines

E. Everyone does it, so they do it too

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

40%

24%

34%

1% 1%

My School: Why Students Pla-giarize

Ease/Laziness Pressure: deadlinesPressure: grades Confusion: processCulture/everyone does it

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

The value of a student survey

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

Case Study: Andrew

Prompt Attention How they plagiarize—and why

Top Ten: Reasons students give for plagiarizing