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29. Summative Essay Lecture Review - Lesson Material 2022

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Step 1

The Plagiarism Lecture

Broad Structure:
1)    What is Plagiarism?
2)    Why do students plagiarise?
3)    What can be done to stop plagiarism?

Useful topic-specific vocabulary:

Plagiarism: Appropriating someone else’s ideas as if they were one’s own work.

Section 1 Key points:
-       Intentional Plagiarism
o   Ghostwriting
o   Copying/Submitting someone else’s work
-       Unintentional Plagiarism
o   Incorrect citation or paraphrasing.

Section 2 Key points:
-       Intentionally
o   Fear of failure, poor time management, heavy workload -       Unintentionally
o   Language proficiency, poor note-taking, cultural differences

Section 3 Key points:

Prevention of Plagiarism
-       Institution
o   Clear policies, training, technological aid
-       Faculty
o   Correct assignments, teaching referencing techniques, cumulative assessment
-       Student
o   Time management, good note-taking
-       Government o   Better legislation, ban ghost-writing ads

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Step 2

Plagiarism

-       Plagiarism - Copying someone else's work.

o   Factors affect views on plag

§  Academic cultures, instit, depart, individual tutors, students

§  Students are often solely considered resp for plag

-       What is Plagiarism?

o   Why is it an issue?

§  Half of students admit to doing it

§  Lots of money spent on 'essay mills'

o   Intentional Plagiarism

§  Ghostwriting

§  Copying/Submitting someone else’s work

o   Unintentional Plagiarism

§  Incorrect citation or paraphrasing.

-       Why do students plagiarise?

o   Intentionally

§  Fear of failure: high costs, stress, family pressure

§  Poor time management: bad planning, procrastination

§  Heavy workload: too much to do, challenging assignments

§  Possibility of no punishment

§  Justifying cheating, no morals

§  Lack of interest in the topic

o   Unintentionally

§  Language proficiency: lack of vocabulary/grammar, unable to paraphrase

§  Poor note-taking

§  Cultural differences: inconsistent def of plag

§  Lack of training: note-taking, referencing, paraphrasing

§  Inadequate supervision: tutor does not review work prior to submission, no feedback/advise

§  Unfamiliar with academic writing

-       What can be done to stop plagiarism?

o   Institution

§  Clear policies: define plag and penalties, ghostwriting

§  Training: academic writing, referencing, paraphrasing

§  Technological aid: Plag-detecting SW

o   Faculty

§  Change assignments: new assignments, prevent reuse of work, assessment creativity

§  Clear policies: Expectations, acceptable vs unacceptable, policies, punishments

§  Teaching referencing techniques, citation SW

§  Cumulative assessment: evaluate all throughout writing process (notes, drafts, reading, references)

§  More student contact, create familiarity with student's writing style

o   Student

§  Time management: Work on assignments with anticipation

§  Good note-taking, writing with their own sentences

§  Familiarity w/conventions: referencing and academic style

§  Seek help

o   Government

§  Better legislation: ban 'essay mills'/ghostwriting

§  Ban ghost-writing ads

-       Summary

-       No clarity in defs of plag

-       Intentional vs unintentional pag

-       Reasons for plag: time-manage, psycological, social, cultural...
-       Prevention of plag is everyone's resp

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Step 5

Questions about gist information from the lecture:
1)    What are the different factors that affect the views on plagiarism?
2)    Why are academic cultures relevant to plagiarism?
3)    How are other students affected by plagiarism?
4)    How does plagiarism devalue educational institutions?
5)    What are the differences between the two types of plagiarism?

Questions about specific information from the lecture:
1)    Who is often considered to be solely responsible for plagiarism?
2)    What are the bases of learning?
3)    What is ghostwriting?
4)    What is an example of plagiarism-detecting software?
5)    What are some examples of unintentional plagiarism?

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