Though most people would blame the student for the material they produce, they aren’t always the ones who are at fault. Patricia Cohen who wrote the article, “Thinking Cap: The Seemingly Persistent Rise of Plagiarism,” states that “If plagiarism were intentional, perhaps students who attended religious institutions, which emphasized traditional moral values, might be less likely to violate the rules.” After conducting a study, she had realized that it didn’t matter if the student came from a religious school or not, the results had remained the same; those being that five out of five students had somehow plagiarized. Because it is difficult to produce content that is completely original, it is hard to tell if the student is really at fault.…
“A Question of Honor” by William Chace was published in the American Scholar, Spring of 2012. In this article Chace explains the growing problem of cheating and plagiarizing in Higher Education. He uses many different views from deans of universities to explain the issues of cheating. Chace first begins his article referring to a recent report. He states that from this article one can concur that student are learning less every day in Higher Education. From there Chace then asks the question of who is responsible for this academic discrepancy. He clearly states, “Where should we lay the blame for a worsening state of one of the foundations of American civilization, one that has long filled us with justified pride?” (Chace 200). Chace then discusses…
Deviance is defined as the recognized violation of cultural norms. Violating these cultural norms can also be labeled a crime whether or not it is an actual written law in our society. Deviance isn’t something that is set in stone; rather it can vary based on location or on time (present and future) as a victim of cultural lag. When deviance and crime are thought of in the context of the internet, an impersonal location readily accessible to the masses, the numerous types of deviance actually occurring can become daunting to think about. Some of these are mere deviances against folkways which could be considered a slap on the wrist infraction, while others would be labeled as more formal crimes with moral implications. One such deviance that has been gaining momentum and affecting the morality of a growing segment of society is academic dishonesty, or cheating as it relates to term papers. Through an analysis of the various avenues of plagiarism available for term papers online, we will better be able to understand the factors surrounding this epidemic tempting students’ nationwide.…
The fact that there are so many dishonest students is extremely disheartening and concerning. I can understand an oversight or a misuse of words, but blatant plagiarism is terrible. In fact, I would rather be accused of over citing, then to say I plagiarized. Uniquely, there was a study conducted in 2013, which reported some of the reasons college students cheat are: they already have a low grade point average and have nothing to lose; they have no moral compass; they have low moral reasoning, or they justify their behavior by saying everyone else is cheating too (Olafson, Schraw, Nadelson, Nadelson, & Kehrwald, 2013).…
But like most great advancements in modern technology, the Internet's purposes have become altered and used for other nefarious acts. One of these problems, seemingly perpetuated by the Internet, has been the noticeable increase in plagiarism and academic dishonesty in the realm of education. Plagiarism is nothing new to the academic community, but over the past ten years, the Internet has opened up new ways for students to digitally copy information from web-based sources, some of which that actually encourage plagiarism. The Internet has created new opportunities for students to become better cheaters and as a result created new challenges for educators. In looking at this problem, I would like to examine how the Internet has made cheating more accessible to students, and in turn how educators are using the Internet itself to fight plagiarism.…
There are different ways to analyze every piece of what we read. There are different structures, visual cues and stylistic differences among each text. Coming up, we are able to take a look at three different articles all weighing in on the same subject: cheating. From these articles we will be able to analyze each style of writing that each author portrays. We will also be able to compare and contrast these articles through something most commonly known as comparative reading. Most students think it is okay to cheat because they know that others around them are doing it as well. In “Curbing Cheating, Raising Integrity”, “Schools for Scandal”, and “Academic Dishonesty: Perceptions of Business Students” we get a closer look at cheating and what is really happening around schools throughout the country.…
Plagiarism has become a major epidemic in our schools. Not only do we see it in Colleges among students of higher education, we also see it in high schools and now it is trickling down to our middle school children. Every body feels that it is the fault of a high tech internet world that is causing students to submit some one else’s work. But the truth be told there was a time before the internet, before the TV even that students would pay another student to do there work for them; they would find one of the brainy kids that would be willing to do the work for a price. These students didn’t only do the essays, they also did all the school work for the student. While these brainy students went on to college and made a living out of creating essays, outlines and selling them to students in…
Plagiarism is happening everywhere, especially in university academic writing. Whether the student plagiarizes consciously or unconsciously, both are forms of academic dishonesty. While people after discuss whose fault it is, when a student plagiarized it becomes a controversial issue. In “The Shadow Scholar” Ed Dante argues that the cause of plagiarism is the college’s academic system. However, some people would argue that the problem should be focused on students. In my opinion, Dante’s argument has some good points, colleges might have things they need to improve, but the things a college can do are limited, since students are the ones plagiarizing. Therefore, in order to make students avoid the temptation of plagiarism, colleges should try their best to help students understand what plagiarism is, how serious the consequences are and help students become more aware that plagiarize might make them pay for it.…
Many studies and evidences had already proved that students’ cheating is much more famous as well as today’s biggest problem in academic field. In recent years, a large group of students rely on the development of technology and availability of online resources. Instead of thinking critically and analyzing the subject matter to get conclusion they depend on online resources to use it on a wrong way, which is known as plagiarism. The word ‘Plagiarism’ has became a serious topic to discuss for higher education in this era. It is an academic dishonesty which is followed by many students who are unaware of academic ethics.…
Lathrop ,A., & Foss, K. (2000). Student cheating and plagiarism in the Internet era: a wake-up call. USA: Libraries Unlimited.…
The study also explores various reasons which lead students to plagiarize. The most visible causes include a lack of clear policy on plagiarism, large classes, summative assessments, teachers’ apathy to assessments/assignments and also misunderstanding of the issue by both teachers and students. While it may prove difficult to completely eradicate plagiarism from institutions, the study concludes by suggesting a number of containment options, such as, establishing a policy, publicizing plagiarism issues, staff and student trainings, and also adopting best practices of higher learning.…
Cheating was is and always will be a fact of life. With technology there are new ways to cheat. However we can not blame our technology for someone else’s cheating. Students tell me that math is the easiest subject in which to cheat in. (Dorff, par 3) They’ve figured out how to program calculators to have all the answers for their tests. An English teacher said she no longer counts her vocabulary quizzes in her students grades because she hasn’t found a way to stop them from cheating. In a survey of students I asked what the though of the idea of requiring next semesters students to sign a pledge that simply said “I will not lie, cheat or steal.” most said it would be a great idea but some said it wouldn’t change a thing. (Dorff, par 6) As a penalty the thought giving an F on the assignment would do something but didn’t so then they tried giving a F on the report card didn’t do anything they put the names of the cheaters on a public wall of shame. They said it was to far. That implies that students care about their public rep. so the wall of shame might be really effective. Parents, students, and administrators complain that there is to much cheating in their school. (Dorff, par 11) But then point at each other when their asked who should be reasonable for fixing the problem. But something has to change. (Dorff, par11) Cheating needs to be addressed as pare of a cultural problem as part. It is up to us to make it unacceptable not only in schools but also throughout society. (Dorff, par 12)…
Ma, H., Lu, E. Y., & Turner, S. (Spring 2007). An Empirical Investigation of Digital…
Colleen Wenke wrote about one consequence of pressure that has progressively been dragged into the community of schools and now become natural in the minds of students. Wenke wrote about cheating, any form of it: copying homework, cheating on tests, and plagiarism. “The people who were cheating were doing the best in all my classes. I would study for hours and still pull B’s. They would pull A’s.” Wenke wrote about her own experience in high school; cheaters were ahead, hard workers were struggling. What Wenke couldn’t understand was why something that was taught to be wrong was so heavily accepted not just by her peers but by herself as well. She would find it natural to copy a friend’s homework when she forgot it. It wasn’t very often and she was solid on her dislike of cheating, yet when she needed to, it wasn’t a big deal. The theory is that the excess amount of homework a student gets a night completely masks the ability to retain information or doesn’t allow for enough time to complete all the homework. Therefore, students have resulted to cheating because it’s more important to get the grade than to learn.…
The increase in plagiarism has gained the attention of many institutions, administrators and educators, as well as researchers and the public. This increase has brought to attention the concern of why plagiarism continues to occur. In order to debate this concern we should first understand the definition and background of plagiarism, the factors which influence plagiarism, and what is or is not being done to prevent it. I will be looking into three articles in which my discussion will be based on. These articles include “Combating Plagiarism” by Brian Hansen, “Internet Plagiarism Among College Students” by Patrick M. Scanlon and David R. Newman, and “Plagiarism-A Survey” by Hermann Maurer, Frank Kappe, and Bilal Zaka.…