The strange thing about plagiarism is that it’s almost always pointless. The writers who stand accused‚ from Laurence Sterne to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Susan Sontag‚ tend to be more talented than the writers they lift from. The well-regarded historians Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin‚ recently charged with plagiarizing‚ fit the profile. Ambrose denied plagiarism but pledged to correct the errors in future editions of his latest book. Goodwin’s case resulted in a private settlement and
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Plagiarism and how to avoid it for students 2009/10 What is this booklet about? Respecting authorship through good academic practice is one of the key values of higher education in the UK. Contents page 4 – Introduction page 4 – What is authorship? page 5 – What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is the term used to describe the misuse of authorship. It is a serious academic offence and is treated as such by the University of Essex. This booklet and the accompanying website (URL opposite) have been
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AVOIDING PLAGIARISM 1. Which of the following would be considered as plagiarism? a. Not providing a reference when you have used somebody’s idea. b. Copying a few sentences from an article on the Internet without giving a reference. c. Not giving a reference when you use commonly accepted ideas‚ e.g. AIDS is a growing problem. d. Giving the reference but not using quotation marks when you take a sentence from another writer’s article. e. Taking a paragraph from a classmate’s essay without
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How might prejudice develop and how might it be reduced? • Prejudice: A judgment or opinion made without adequate knowledge; to Prejudge‚ to pass judgement or form premature opinion. We can break the word prejudice down into two parts to give clearer understanding of its meaning‚ Pre is before and judice is to make judgement‚ so it is a negative preconceived judgement on an individual or group prior to seeking full knowledge or understanding about them. Prejudice effects many aspects of today’s
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* Clearly define plagiarism. * Address why students plagiarize. * Discuss intentional vs. unintentional plagiarism. * Discuss the importance of citing with specific examples of improper citation and describe why this is considered plagiarism. * Discuss citing‚ direct quoting‚ paraphrasing and expressing another ’s ideas. * Define common knowledge and whether it is better to over-cite or under-cite. Plagiarize means to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of
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least ten (10) external sources [through paraphrasing‚ summarizing or quoting] into your work .Prepare a referenced list of the sources acknowledged in your essay. Your essay should be between 400 to 600 words. 2a.What is plagiarism? b. State at least five causes of plagiarism and suggest ways of solving them 4. With practical examples‚ differentiate between the documentation styles of the American Psychological Association (APA) and Modern Language Association (MLA). 5. Write a referenced list
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Over a thousand college students commit suicide every year. A major factor that may contribute to someone committing this act is depression. Depression is a mental illness that affects how someone is feeling‚ by which‚ a person experiences constant sadness‚ and is unable to find interest in whatever they are doing. Depression is common especially among freshman college students because they are thrown into a world of the unknown university college life. These students may be living with people they
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and standards about plagiarism. The simple act of cutting and pasting as described by author William Gibson in "God’s Little Toys: Confessions of a cut and paste artist" is no longer simple; it is complex. Instead of viewing it as wrong‚ which is done in Trip Gabriel’s article‚ “Plagiarism Lines Blur for students in the digital age”‚ it should be seen as a new form of creation and expression. The digital age’s expansion requires new standards and interpretations of plagiarism because of the growing
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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
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J. of Acc. Ed. 29 (2011) 142–152 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect J. of Acc. Ed. journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jaccedu Teaching and Educational note An approach to detecting plagiarism in spreadsheet assignments: A digital answer to digital cheating Anil Singh a‚⇑‚ George Mangalaraj b‚ Aakash Taneja c a b c School of Business‚ University of Texas at Brownsville‚ 80 Fort Brown‚ Brownsville‚ TX 78520‚ United States College of Business and Technology
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