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What would be a good response to a student that committed plagiarism on an assignment?
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Depending on the grade, either make them totally re-do the assignment, or deny the points for the copied part. Younger students are less likely to understand that what they did was wrong, so you should give them a chance to do the work over for a grade. Older students need to see that plagiarism is wrong and will not earn them any points - I always told mine that I gave the points to the person who wrote that material, but not to the one who copied it! You should be careful to make a difference between the behavior and the student - plagiarism is wrong, but the student isn't a bad person for trying it. It was a mistake, and they should be made to see that they can correct it and learn how to summarize and write things into their own words.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoPlagiarism should not be tolerated by educators or the general public. However a statement as simple as the one I just made could be claimed to have been plagiarised even though I had no intent to write something that has been written before.
I think the definition should be changed to assume that the author intended to steal the idea, not the words. But then you run into the problem of how exact do the words have to be to prove plagiarism?
I say maybe we have to have an exact amount of words copied exactly in a specific language to constitute plagiarism. Maybe 20?
Does anyone want to add to this? I know this is not an easy subject, but especially on a site like this, it should be addressed.
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A sentence for craved?
The student craved an easy answer for this assignment so much that plagiarism rules were overlooked.
Why can't my students see the response file I have posted to their assignment in Biggyan Cloud eLearning?
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How would you describe to the student why plagiarism is dishonest?
Simply as "Plagiarism is stealing. When you plagiarise something, your taking credit for something you didn't do, and that's lying. So if you get caught plagiarising, not only will you fail that assignment, plus you will look like a thief and a liar"
Can a student be penalized for unintentional plagiarism?
Yes. Most schools will have some sort of punishment, wheather if it is a zero on the paper, or whatnot, but unintentional plagiarism is still plagiarism nonetheless. And from the teacher's perspective, unintentional plagiarism looks a whole lot like intentional plagiarism.
Why are works cited pages so important on student's homework?
There are actually two reasons to cite sources. First, we cannot assess the reliability of your paper unless we know what sources you used, so that we can assess the reliability of your sources. Secondly, if we wish to investigate further, we may wish to go to those sources for further data.
What is an excluded assignment on powerschool?
An excluded assignment on PowerSchool is one that has been removed from a student's grade calculation, typically due to being exempted or excused. This means that the assignment's score doesn't count towards the student's final grade.
When a student begins a new reading assignment what should he or she do first?
he or she first open the book and reading assignment
How do you write a conversation of 20 dialogues between a student and his favourite sports star?
WikiAnswers is not going to provide 20 dialogues for you to copy -- that is plagiarism. You'll have to complete this assignment on your own. To write dialogue, just pretend you and your friends are talking -- that's all dialogue is, people talking.
A student found guilty of plagiarism at APUS will have an entry made on hisher student record A second violation may result in what?
dismissal from the university
Describe your student in a million words or less?
im a bad student good grades in all but i have a D in English
Plagiarism can be prevented if a student changes just a few words from the original source document?
not true
How can students and teachers deal with the ethic problems of plagiarism?
You suspend the student for a week and if they do it again expel them.
