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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