C OPYRIGHT LAWS AND P LAGIARISM Allison Sobczak Allison Sobczak EDU 290

D ESCRIPTION OF P LAGIARISM The author list several reasons for why students cheat. The two most familiar are. 1. That it is unfair, no academic value or too difficult. 2. Busy schedules. These Unacceptable behaviors can be reduced or eliminated by. a) Honor Codes b) Culture of integrity McCabe, Don; Katz, Daniel. (2009). Curbing Cheating. Education Digest, 75 no Robelen, Eric. (2007). Online Anti-Plagiarism Service Sets Off Court Fight. Education Week, 26 no36 1, Allison Sobczak EDU 290

F ORMS OF P LAGIARISM Three forms of plagiarism are Accidental Intentional Cut and Paste How to detect each form of plagerism Read through and see if it is the same writing level Check with the sources McCabe, Don; Katz, Daniel. (2009). Curbing Cheating. Education Digest, 75 no Robelen, Eric. (2007). Online Anti-Plagiarism Service Sets Off Court Fight. Education Week, 26 no36 1, Allison Sobczak EDU 290

I MPORTANT P OINTS FOR S TUDENTS Definition of Plagiarism A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work The three best discussion points. A) Encourage students to accept responsibility for academic integrity B) Responding to academic integrity if it occurs in the class room. C) Clarify expectations for students to avoid unintentional instances of academic dishonesty. McCabe, Don; Katz, Daniel. (2009). Curbing Cheating. Education Digest, 75 no Robelen, Eric. (2007). Online Anti-Plagiarism Service Sets Off Court Fight. Education Week, 26 no36 1, Allison Sobczak EDU 290

B ENEFITS TO H ELP S TUDENTS Showing students that plagiarism is wrong and examples of plagiarism might help them understand why it is so important to have academic dishonesty. McCabe, Don; Katz, Daniel. (2009). Curbing Cheating. Education Digest, 75 no Robelen, Eric. (2007). Online Anti-Plagiarism Service Sets Off Court Fight. Education Week, 26 no36 1, Allison Sobczak EDU 290

A CCEPTING R ESPONSIBILITY It is important for a student to know that what they did was wrong. The goes along with taking responsibility for their actions. There may as well be consequences. McCabe, Don; Katz, Daniel. (2009). Curbing Cheating. Education Digest, 75 no Robelen, Eric. (2007). Online Anti-Plagiarism Service Sets Off Court Fight. Education Week, 26 no36 1, Allison Sobczak EDU 290

A CADEMIC I NTEGRITY When a student does things the right way it is a good idea to acknowledge them so that they know this is the way that it should be done. McCabe, Don; Katz, Daniel. (2009). Curbing Cheating. Education Digest, 75 no Robelen, Eric. (2007). Online Anti-Plagiarism Service Sets Off Court Fight. Education Week, 26 no36 1, Allison Sobczak EDU 290

E XPECTATIONS It is important to clarify the expectations that the teacher has for the students work. If the teacher does not do this it will he hard for the student to know what is needed completely. McCabe, Don; Katz, Daniel. (2009). Curbing Cheating. Education Digest, 75 no Robelen, Eric. (2007). Online Anti-Plagiarism Service Sets Off Court Fight. Education Week, 26 no36 1, Allison Sobczak EDU 290

P REVENTION One way to prevent plagiarism is that have all of the student sign a wager of academic integrity. This will hold the student accountable for their actions. Another way is to have no tolerance and if a student is caught plagiarizing then they could be expelled from the school. An Honor code is another prevention technique that has worked for some schools. Teachers can also make academic integrity as one of the core values of the class room. McCabe, Don; Katz, Daniel. (2009). Curbing Cheating. Education Digest, 75 no Robelen, Eric. (2007). Online Anti-Plagiarism Service Sets Off Court Fight. Education Week, 26 no36 1, Allison Sobczak EDU 290

D ETECTING P LAGIARISM One way to detect plagiarism would be to compare it to quality and standard of work that the student is achieving. Another way would be to check the sources and make sure that it is not word for word. McCabe, Don; Katz, Daniel. (2009). Curbing Cheating. E ducation Digest, 75 no Robelen, Eric. (2007). Online Anti-Plagiarism Service Sets Off Court Fight. E ducation Week, 26 no36 1, Types of PlagiarismWays to Detect AccidentalCheck the sources IncidentalCompare of previous work. Allison Sobczak EDU 290

R EFERENCES McCabe, Don; Katz, Daniel. (2009). Curbing Cheating. Education Digest, 75 no This was a very in lighting article that showed we a lot about how to deal with cheating in my class rooms and why some students cheat. This will be useful when I have to deal with a student cheating. It bennifist to know the examples of how to combat cheating. Robelen, Eric. (2007). Online Anti-Plagiarism Service Sets Off Court Fight. Education Week, 26 no36 1, This article was good to understand what students think about plagiarism and how they deal with it. Like the students that are suing turnitin. This also told how some teachers detect plagiarism with the website. Allison Sobczak EDU 290