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Plagiarism and theInternet
Workshop Agenda:Introductions and Background
The ProblemPossible Solutions
Conclusion
NOTE: Please ask questions as we go & if you need to use the facilities or grab a snack feel free
Steve Garwood
INFOLINK
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CybercheatsThe Problem
Q&A
Terrible Timmys Tale
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Cybercheats The Problem Q&A(data from 1998 Whos Who in American High School Students survey)
AnswersAlmost everybody does itFairly CommonPretty RareNever HappensNo Answer
Question:How common is cheating at your school?
Responses21.8%60.9%16.5%0.4%0.3%
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Answers
Cheated on a quiz or test
Copied someone elses homework
Plagiarized part of an essay
Used Cliffs or Monarch Notes toavoid reading a book
None of the Above
Question:Which of the following have you done?
Responses
39.6%
66.7%
13.2%
28.9%
19.5%
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Answers
Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
Not very difficult
Easy
Question:How easy would it be for you to obtain testquestions or answers at your school?
Responses
14.9%
25.5%
28.2%
30%
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Answers
I was caught and punished
I was caught but not punished
I was not caught
Question:If you have cheated what happened?
Responses
6.2%
6.4%
95.1%
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Question:
1. If youre competing to get good grades2. Cheating is fairly common
3. Its easy to obtain test questions and answers
4. And you have a 4.9% chance of getting caught
Why NOT cheat?
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Answers:
To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) asones own
Question:What is Plagiarism?
So that I do not get accused of Plagiarism the above was takenverbatim from page 888 of Merriam Websters CollegiateDictionary 10th edition.
Make sure students knowdont assume
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CybercheatsThe Problem:
Terrible TimmysTale
(an example of how easy it can be)
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Timmys Homework Assignment:
Write about 500 words on:
The Theme of Madness in ShakespearesHamlet.
(Note: This is all of the assignment, no sourcerequirements, no research instructions, etc. Think of it as
a first paper assignment.)
Other areas often seen at the library: biomes, literatureterms, global warming, drug abuse/treatment, pros/cons suchas driving age, voting age, biographical assignments
Cybercheats The Problem TTT
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Timmy ponders how to do his assignment
One of those Term paper sites? Hmmm, maybe.
Note these are free sites and all had Hamlet essays- most with bibliographies:
http://essays.terrashare.com/
http://www.netessays.com/
http://www.schoolbytes.com/
There are more
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C b h Th P bl TTT
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Timmy searches Google
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Timmy sees novelguide.com info
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Timmy copies and pastes to Word
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Timmy adds fluff and a fakecitation making work his own.
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Is Timmy alone????
NOPERemember
4 out of 5 high achievers surveyed in1998 admitted to cheating on school workaccording to Whos Who Among AmericanHigh School Students and more than ofthose said such cheating was no bigdeal, and practically none got caught.
Actually Timmy might be lessterrible THAN typical
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Is there a way to catch Timmy????
In this case yes. Since Timmy waslazy and didnt try to change thework he got very much.
A phrase search in Alta Vista,Google or a MetaSearch engine willfind his work. More about this in a
lil bit
Howevermore enterprisingTimmys will be hard to catch
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C be cheats The P oblem TTT
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Types of Plagiarists:(Is this plagiarism to you?)
The Mega Copier
Patchwork Partier
The Omiter
Source Faker
Super Paraphrasers
The Author (for others and himself)
The Purchaser
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CybercheatsPossible Solutions Working with Students
Tips for Teachers
Defining Plagiarism
Academic Integrity Policies
Phrase Searching and Search Engine Tips
Using Screening Services
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Make sure they understand not just thehows but the whys
Go Aheadask them if they know why
they should do something
Use research paper tutorial sites that youlike. Kids like the web, might as well use it.
My favorite is the Internet Public Librarys
A+ writing site.
Working with Students
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Let students know that you know aboutthose paper mill websites. Then do
actually check some of them out. Go a step further and take students toone of the sites, review a weak paperwith students and analyze its failures.
Working with Students
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Teaching citations:Trouble with citations is often cited as a
reason for plagiarismif you get points takenoff for bad citeswhy cite?
One of the problems:
The MLA and APA books are difficult to use!
If I ever wanted to see a student back atmy deskI just gave them those manuals
Working with Students
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Working with Students
Alternatives to the APA and MLA books
Simple guidelines like at U. Of Albany
Online servicesNoodlebib, Easybib, Citation Machine
Or, at least copy those necessary pages
(just beware of copyright)
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What is Plagiarism? Make sure they get it.
Compare it to that theyre familiar with
E.G. Hip/Hops reuse of lyrics, beats, andthe use of licensing agencies
"A federal appeals court ruled Sept. 7, 2004 that rapartists should pay for every musical sample includedin their work -- even minor, unrecognizable snippets
of music." AP reporting on Bridgeport Music v.Dimension Films
Working with Students
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Be careful to give specific, non-genericinstructions for papers. Specificity makes itharder to cheat.
Get writing samples. Comparing pastwork to new work can help catchplagiarized items.
Watch the process: Get drafts, use peer
groups to evaluate, have drafts submittedwith assignments.
Tips for Teachers: Preventive Techniques
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Instead of traditional writing assignments
Change the format (skit, interview, news story)
Make comparisons
Create a game (20 questions, jeopardy)
Write a letter to your biographical person
Color code citations to Works Cited page
Writing Sample No Warning, no books, color paperhanded out in class
No such thing as a cheat proof assignment
Mix formats
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Tips for Teachers: Preventive Techniques
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Check for website printout page numbers or dates, grayedout letters, lines at the top of the pages...
Notice any jargon or advanced vocabulary or sentencestructure.
Look for short papers8.5 x 10.5
Reference the original assignment. Are any portions of theassignment completely left out?
Tips for Teachers: Detection Tips
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Asking your parent or a friend to suggest changes or
corrections in your written essay
Asking your parent or a friend to rewrite your essay,making all the changes or corrections for you
Asking your parents or a friend to help you search theInternet for information for a report
Reading someone elses term paper and then writingyour own using some of his ideas and copying part or allof his bibliography
Writing a report as a group and then each personwriting a report that is just a little bit different to hand in
Listing books in your bibliography that you didnt read
Copying sentences or paragraphs from the encyclopediafor your report without using quotation marks orfootnotes
Hiring a tutor to help you write better
Defining Plagiarism. Do any of these apply?
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Do you have one?
Have you read it? Has anyone else? parents? students?
How was the policy written?
Is it ever enforced?
Academic Integrity Policies (They work)
What makes a good speed trap?
Consistent
Set up well
Enforceable
Others do your work for you
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is your best friend as it will let you dophrase searches in 99% of Search Engines.
Use a middle line from a paragraph not
introductions/conclusions Remember where students are searching AOL, MSN, YahooPublic Library, SchoolLibrary, etc.
Simple Phrase Searching/Search Engine Tips
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TurnItIn.com
MyDropBox.com
You can use them to:
Screen
Review work before its handed in
Make a credible threat
Using those screening services
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Conclusion
Cybercheats Conclusion
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5 Steps to Addressing Plagiarism
5 Steps that I think will help
Acknowledge the issue with all involved
Universally define plagiarism
Create a solid enforceable AcademicHonesty Policy and promote it
Create methods to prevent occurrences
of and screen for Plagiarism
Be a good role model
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Hmmm, lastly, how much of this
presentation do you think wastaken from the web?
See any citations?
Well I couldnt not cite (here they are):
Timmys Tale is mine Besides that everything else is in the handouts
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Cody (my dog) says:This presentation available at:
http://www.stevegarwood.com/classes
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