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Title: Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism


1
Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism
  • Presented by
  • Laura J. Toki
  • Assistant Director
  • Curriculum, Training and Development Services
  • Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8

2
What is plagiarism?
  • Spectrum Failure to cite properly to wholesale
    cheating
  • May be unintentional or deliberate

3
Examples of Plagiarism
  • Buying a paper from a research service or term
    paper mill
  • Turning in another students work without his/her
    knowledge
  • Turning in a paper another student has written
    for you

4
Examples of Plagiarism
  • Copying a paper from a text without proper
    acknowledgement (i.e., citing source)
  • Copying materials verbatim, citing source, but
    leaving out quotation marks
  • Paraphrasing materials without proper source
    citation

5
Internet Plagiarism
  • Turning in a paper from a free term paper
    website
  • Copying and pasting whole passages of text
    without quotes and citations

6
How can I prevent plagiarism?
  • Teach and emphasize the research process
  • Topic proposals
  • Idea outlines
  • Multiple drafts
  • Proper citation of sources
  • Photocopying or printing source texts to
    accompany final draft

7
How can I prevent plagiarism?
  • Require students to analyze thoughts and ideas,
    not just describe them (e.g., oral report with
    questions)
  • Require students to reflect personally on the
    topic or the research process

8
How can I prevent plagiarism?
  • Discuss plagiarism with students
  • What it is
  • School policies or disciplinary action
  • Long-term consequences of plagiarism (e.g.,
    college application, plagiarism in college, etc.)

9
How can I detect plagiarism?
  • Check for unusual formatting or formatting that
    does not match your specific requirements
  • Look for jargon or advanced vocabulary or
    sentence structure
  • Read quotations carefully and look for proper
    citations

10
How can I detect plagiarism?
  • Look for all assignment criteria
  • Are there any parts left out?
  • Does any part read like it was added on to the
    paper?
  • Is the text the correct mode (e.g.,
    informational, persuasive, etc.)?

11
How can I detect plagiarism?
  • Review the bibliography
  • Are citations in proper form?
  • Do all sources match those cited in text of the
    paper?
  • Pay particular attention to online sources

12
How can I track down plagiarism?
  • Check for original author identification clues
    and do a search for the author
  • Check for original source identification clues
    and do a search for the website
  • Identify unusual keywords or unique phrases and
    do a search
  • Look at original text of sources listed in the
    bibliography

13
How can I track down plagiarism?
  • Check these websites for free papers
  • School Sucks
  • Other Peoples Papers
  • Absolutely Free Online Essays
  • Free Termpapers International
  • Dorians Paper Archive

14
How can I track down plagiarism?
  • Check these websites that sell papers
  • Evil House of Cheat
  • Research Papers Online A
  • A1 Termpaper
  • Genius Papers

15
What else can I do?
  • Let students know you know about these websites.
  • Take students to one of these sites and analyze
    the weaknesses.
  • Teach the class to use other websites as sources.

16
What else can I do?
  • Include specific instructions about
    bibliographies (e.g., required articles or
    websites).
  • Require specific components (e.g., interviews
    with experts, class readings, recent sources,
    etc.).

17
What else can I do?
  • Have students analyze paper mill papers and write
    an essay on ethics.
  • Have students research and write in class.
  • Teacher-student conferences
  • Student peer conferences
  • Students submit all notes and drafts with the
    final paper

18
What else can I do?
  • On the day papers are due, have students write a
    reflection on the process
  • Features of the paper theyre proud of
  • Things they had trouble with
  • Things they learned by writing

19
What else can I do?
  • If you suspect a paper was downloaded from the
    Internet, enter key words or a string of words in
    quotation marks
  • Try 2 or 3 different search engines
  • AltaVista, HotBot, and Lycos Pro work best in
    finding strings of words or phrases

20
What else can I do?
  • DONT write to or email these websites.
  • Website publishers will use your complaints as
    publicity.
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