Rebecca Allen

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Plagiarism Policy Coloma Community Schools

• Rebecca Allen
• EDT 649 Summer I
• Ethics and Policies
• June 18, 2007

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Definition of Plagiarism

• Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to the
  use, whether by paraphrase or direct quotation,
  of the published or unpublished work of another
  person without full or clear acknowledgement
  including resources from the internet. It also
  includes the un acknowledgement use of materials
  prepared by another person or agency engaged in
  selling term papers or academic materials.
  (Junior High Student Handbook, 2006)

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Onset of Plagiarism
The Internet
Online journals
Libraries are becoming obsolete.
Other submitted student work
Archived web pages
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Reasons for Plagiarism Concern

• Prevent Developing Knowledge, Skills, and
  Problem-Solving Skills
• Plagiarism is Stealing
• Consequences are more server as students get
  older.

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Implementations

• Government
• English Language Arts, Strand IX, Content
  Standard 11, High School Level, Benchmark 2.
• School Administration
• The school administration is taking an active
  role in preventing plagiarism through the
  curriculum, software, and staff policies.

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Implementations

• Teachers
• Teach both MLA and APA formatting
• Talk about plagiarism
• Dont discourage students from using the internet
• Have students write short paper based on a
  specific reading
• Rough drafts written by hand
• Site sources
• Carry out the consequences

Source (Tenbusch, 2002)
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Consequences

• 1st offense Zero on assignment and parents
  notified.
• 2nd offense Zero on assignment, student
  suspended 1 day, and parents/teacher conference.
• 3rd offense Zero on the assignment, student
  suspended 3 days, and parents/teacher conference.
• Individual teachers can add to the punishment.

Source (Junior High Student Handbook, 2006)
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Bibliography

• iParadigms, LLC. (n.d.). Plagiarism Prevention.
  Retrieved June 13, 2007, from TurnItIn
  http//www.turnitin.com/static/products.html
• Junior High Student Handbook. (2006). Coloma,
  Michigan.
• Michigan Department of Education. (2002, March
  1). MI CLiMB. Lansing, Michigan, United States of
  America.
• Tenbusch, J. P. (2002, June 1). Ten Tips for
  Catching Web Plagiarism--and Seven Ways to
  prevent It. Retrieved June 14, 2007, from
  eSchools News Online http//www.eschoolnews.comne
  ws/PFshowstory.cfm?ArticleID3854
• Web Sites help Teachers Combat online Plagiarism.
  (2001, January 1). Retrieved June 14, 2007, from
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• Western Michigan university. (n.d.). Plagiarismj-
  What Students Need to Know. Retrieved June 14,
  2007, from http//www.atis.wmich.edu/plagiarism.ht
  ml
• Western Michigan University. (2000, December).
  Student Academic Conduct. Retrieved June 14,
  2007, from http//www.wmich.edu/mus-gened/mus150/A
  cademicHonesty.html