It's an interesting issue to educate students on academic honesty. Do we do it in every class, kind of like the second chapter of every psychology textbook is about research methods? Seems like a waste of time to me.
At what point should they know this so that they are held to proper accounts? I have an extensive module on plagiarism. The names of all students who pass it is sent to all the faculty of my department so when they have an incident they know the student has no excuse. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 2, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Stuart McKelvie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear Tipsters, > > > > We have discussed plagiarism a number of times, with many interesting and > useful exchanges. > > > > “Students not understanding” something is perhaps a reason for misbehaviour > but of course is not an excuse. I think we should assume that students do not > understand the subtleties of academic honesty and then we should educate > them. So it is like any other information we wish them to have: Expose them > to it (using whatever means you think best/have time for) and then put the > onus on them. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Stuart > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > "Floreat Labore" > > > > > > "Recti cultus pectora roborant" > > > > Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402 > > Department of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661 > > Bishop's University, > > 2600 rue College, > > Sherbrooke, > > Québec J1M 1Z7, > > Canada. > > > > E-mail: [email protected] (or [email protected]) > > > > Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: > > http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > > > > Floreat Labore" > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > From: Helweg-Larsen, Marie [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: August 2, 2010 3:11 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE: [tips] Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age > > > > > > > > Maybe because the angle of the article was that today’s students just don’t > understand proper citation/attribution of ideas due to the “digital age”. > Purchasing a paper would probably be an act that most student see as > unambiguously cheating so it didn’t fit the author’s point. Of course many of > the people cited also did not see plagiarism as having anything to do with a > digital age. > > Marie > > > > **************************************************** > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology > Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > **************************************************** > > > > From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 17:44 > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age > > > > > > A well-written article, but I was surprised it didn't mention the more > blatant and troubling problem of students buying whole papers on the > internet. (I brought this topic up a few weeks ago. It's called "contract > cheating.") This is a problem that's a lot harder to detect, but I think > even more serious than the "cut and paste" plagiarism. > > > > Beth Benoit > > Granite State College > > Plymouth State University > > New Hampshire > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/education/02cheat.html?th&emc=th > > > > Is plagiarism increasing because of the digital age or is it just the usual > story that students are unprepared and lazy? > > > > Marie > > **************************************************** > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology > Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > **************************************************** > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=3925 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-3925-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=3926 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-3926-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb72e3&n=T&l=tips&o=3930 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-3930-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb7...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=3931 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-3931-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. 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