I'm pleased to have a term for the occasional (well, we hope it's occasional) practice of handing in the same paper for another course.
My favorite example of this is when a student handed in a paper with plagiarism from some website sources. He was irate at the F I gave him, and told me, "The last time I handed this paper in, I got an A!" I tried not to laugh when I told him, "Well, now we have *another *problem!" He failed the course, of course. I could have told him he was *also* guilty of "self-plagiarism." Believe me, I'm tucking that one away for the future. I think I'll even mention that in class tomorrow. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire > Stephen Black wrote: > > "Self-plagiarism" is also used as a term to describe the student > transgression of handing in a paper for credit which fully or > partially repeats material used for credit in another course. > Students are not always aware that this is frowned on, so it's a > good idea to make the prohibition explicit. I once wrote a set of > plagiarism regulations for our university calendar which included > a rule against such self-plagiarism. I was ridiculed (I tend to > remember such things) for the use of the term which was > considered, as Scott notes, oxymoronic. Be that as it may, it's a > a handy mnemonic for what they shouldn't be doing. > > Stephen > -------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > 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=4864 > or send a blank email to > leave-4864-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4867 or send a blank email to leave-4867-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
