What I'm finding is that, rather than explaining things in their own words, students are stringing together phrases lifted directly from articles. It makes me very angry that students think I'm dumb enough to know when they do or don't know what they are talking about. This is an upper-level course. I realize I asked for it by requiring a brief paper (5-7 pages, 3 refs from primary sources, etc.). It is my deeply-held belief that I should not lower my standards by having them do things that don't require writing. I have them write short papers throughout the course that involve critical thinking and reasoning, and are not APA-style activities, but I think they should be able to complete this brief assignment without plagiarizing.
Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [email protected] web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sun 5/10/2009 1:57 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Reality check I think it boils down to how many different ways can you paraphrase that sentence? I suspect if it's a limited report without a larger context from which to paraphrase, that you might see a lot of similar sounding attempts at paraphrase. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:17:19 -0500 >From: "DeVolder Carol L" <[email protected]> >Subject: [tips] Reality check >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > >OK, I need a quick show of hands--plagiarism or not? > >Here is the sentence from the paper: > > When hearing loss exists, the main cause is damage or complete destruction > of sensory hair cells. > > >Here is the sentence from the article: > > The principle cause of hearing loss is damage to or complete destruction of > sensory hair cells. > > >I am encountering this so often, I'm starting to question my own judgment. > > >Thanks, >Carol > > >Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. >Professor of Psychology >Chair, Department of Psychology >St. Ambrose University >518 West Locust Street >Davenport, Iowa 52803 > >Phone: 563-333-6482 >e-mail: [email protected] >web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm > >The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with >anyone without permission of the sender. > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) >________________ >winmail.dat (4k bytes) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
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