PLAGIARISM RECOGNITION AND DETECTION

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PLAGIARISM RECOGNITION AND DETECTION

• Instructional Materials

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PLAGIARISM RECOGNITION AND DETECTION

• Objective When reading student research papers,
  teachers will correctly identify characteristics
  of plagiarism, demonstrate their ability to find
  plagiarized term papers on the Internet, and
  choose which plagiarism detection methods will
  best suit their needs.

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PART ONE PLAGIARISM CHARACTERISTICS

• Objective
• Teachers will correctly identify plagiarism
  characteristics.

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PART ONE PLAGIARISM CHARACTERISTICS

• View clip from Finding Forrester (from
  115.18-116.07).
• Discussion What does this video clip make you
  think about recognizing and detecting plagiarism?

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PART ONE PLAGIARISM CHARACTERISTICS

• 2. Read through the following term papers.
• Discussion Can you tell which one has been
  plagiarized and which one has not?

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PART ONE PLAGIARISM CHARACTERISTICS

• Essay 1
• Donatello (1386?-1466), was an Italian
  Renaissance sculptor, who is generally considered
  one of the greatest sculptors of all time and the
  founder of modern sculpture.
• Donatello was born in Florence, the son of a
  wool comber. When he was 17 years old, he
  assisted the noted sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti in
  constructing and decorating the famous bronze
  doors of the baptistery of San Giovanni,
  Florence. Later, Donatello was also an associate
  of the noted architect Filippo Brunelleschi, with
  whom he reputedly visited Rome in order to study
  the monuments of antiquity.
• Donatello's career may be divided into three
  periods. The first and formative period comprised
  the years before 1425, when his work is marked by
  the influence of Gothic sculpture but also shows
  classical and realistic tendencies. Among his
  sculptures of this period are the statues St.
  Mark, St. George (Bergello, Florence), John the
  Evangelist (Opera del Duomo, Florence), and
  Joshua (campanile of the cathedral, Florence).
• The second period (1425-43) is generally
  characterized by a reliance on the models and
  principles of the sculpture of antiquity. From
  1425 to 1435 Donatello worked with the Florentine
  sculptor and architect Michelozzo on a number of
  projects, including the monument to Bartolomeo
  Aragazzi (Cathedral of Montepulciano). In their
  joint work Michelozzo executed the architectural
  designs and also helped in the making of the
  bronze castings Donatello executed most of the
  statues. From 1430 to 1433 Donatello spent
  periods in Rome, where he created a number of
  works, notably the ciborium in the sacristy of
  the Basilica of Saint Peter, decorated with the
  reliefs Worshiping Angels and Burial of Christ.
  It was in Florence, however, that he created the
  most noted work of this period-the bronze David
  (circa 1430-35, Bargello), the first nude statue
  of the Renaissance.
• In his third and culminating period, Donatello
  broke away from classical influence and in his
  work emphasized realism and the portrayal of
  character and of dramatic action. Notable
  examples of his sculpture of this period are
  Miracles of St. Anthony, Gattamelata, the first
  bronze equestrian statue since ancient times, and
  Judith and Holofernes. The sculpture of Donatello
  influenced that of Florence and northern Italy in
  the 15th century. It was also a major stimulus on
  the development of realism in Italian painting,
  notably in the work of the great Paduan artist
  Andrea Mantegna.

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PART ONE PLAGIARISM CHARACTERISTICS

• Essay 2
• Not all of the great artists of the Renaissance
  came from Italy. Though the styles of art varied,
  Renaissance artists also sprang up in areas of
  Europe. Two such Renaissance artists have
  surprisingly modern styles and works. One of
  Rembrandts sketches, Man with a Wide Brimmed
  Hat, reminds me of some styles of drawing that I
  use myself. Pieter Brueghel the Elders art is
  shockingly similar to some modern art of our own
  times.
• Rembrandt, though more commonly known for his
  portraits and religious drawings, also drew
  random sketches, much as todays young students
  idly draw in their notebooks. The Man with a Wide
  Brimmed Hat portrays a robed man standing while
  wearing a wide brimmed hat. The style uses very
  few straight lines, and no colors to obscure the
  mental image of this wanderer. The main concept
  that intrigued me about this image was the
  striking similarity of this sketch to a few that
  I have sketched idly during my own spare time.
• Pieters drawing was far more modern looking
  than either Rembrandts or my own drawings.
  Pieter incorporated natures idea of the big fish
  eating all the smaller fish. Right in the center
  of the image, there is an enormous fish lying on
  a beach. Out of its mouth flows a cornucopia of
  smaller fish, some with even smaller fish in
  their own mouths. A man hefting a massive knife
  is gutting the large fish, while smaller fish
  flow from its open wound. All around this image,
  there are fishermen gutting more minuscule fish,
  finding smaller fish still inside. There is a
  fish with wings flying through the air, and one
  possessing legs walking along with a fish in its
  mouth. As odd as this piece seemed to me, it was
  made all the more intriguing by the time period
  of its production. The only time I have witnessed
  similar art was in a museum of modern art.
  Nonetheless, I still found it to be a pleasing
  piece of art.
• Whether the artwork is a design by Leonardo
  DaVinci, a portrait by Rembrandt, or the
  sculpture of David by Michelangelo, they were all
  artists of the Renaissance, a great time of
  cultural reawakening. From the simple sketches on
  a sheet of paper to the paint on the ceiling of
  the Sistine Chapel, Renaissance art moves people
  today just as it did so long ago.

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PART ONE PLAGIARISM CHARACTERISTICS

• 3. Brainstorm Exercise
• Brainstorm at least 5 characteristics of what to
  look for in a term paper that has potentially
  been plagiarized.
• a)
• b)
• c)
• d)
• e)

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PART ONE PLAGIARISM CHARACTERISTICS

• 4. Read through Handout 1, Plagiarism
  Characteristics, and circle the characteristics
  that you had not identified in the brainstorm
  exercise.
• Discussion Will you be more aware of these
  elements of plagiarism in the future when you are
  grading student papers? Why or why not?

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PART TWO INTERNET TERM PAPER SITES

• OBJECTIVE
• Teachers will explore at least one commercial and
  one free Internet term paper site to identify the
  types of services that each site offers to
  students.

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PART TWO INTERNET TERM PAPER SITES

• 1. Discussion How many term paper sites do you
  think are available on the Internet?

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PART TWO INTERNET TERM PAPER SITES

• 2. Visit http//www.coastal.edu/library/presentati
  ons/mills2.html for an impressive (but not
  exhaustive) list of Internet term paper sites.

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PART TWO INTERNET TERM PAPER SITES

• 3. Conduct a Google search, using the keywords
  term papers.
• Scroll through the sites to see what is
  available.
• Discussion How close was your estimation? Are
  you surprised by the actual number of term paper
  sites on the Internet?

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PART TWO INTERNET TERM PAPER SITES

• 4. Choose one of the commercial Internet term
  paper sites called up by the Google search, or
  choose one (or more) of the following
• Due Now (www.duenow.com)
• Cheat House (www.cheathouse.com)
• Research Papers Online (www.ezwrite.com)
• A1 Term Paper (www.a1-termpaper.com)

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PART TWO INTERNET TERM PAPER SITES

• 5. Complete the worksheet, Term Paper Site
  Comparisons, while you scan through the
  commercial Internet term paper site.

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PART TWO INTERNET TERM PAPER SITES

• Term Paper Site Comparisons

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PART TWO INTERNET TERM PAPER SITES

• 6. Choose one of the free Internet term paper
  sites called up by the Google search, or choose
  one (or more) of the following
• Cyber Essays (www.cyberessays.com)
• Got Essays? (www.gotessays.com)
• Essay Depot (www.essaydepot.com)
• School Sucks (www.schoolsucks.com)

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PART TWO INTERNET TERM PAPER SITES

• 7. Complete the worksheet, Term Paper Site
  Comparisons, while you scan through the free
  Internet term paper site.

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PART TWO INTERNET TERM PAPER SITES

• 8. Discussion What was most surprising about
  each of the Internet term paper sites (commercial
  and free) that you visited? What was least
  surprising?

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PART TWO INTERNET TERM PAPER SITES

• 9. Download or copy and paste one of the free
  Internet term papers into a saved Microsoft Word
  document.

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PART THREE SUSPICIOUS PHRASE SEARCHES

• OBJECTIVE
• Teachers will correctly conduct a suspicious
  phrase search on a search engine (such as Google)
  in order to reveal the Internet site from which
  the plagiarized term paper was copied. Teachers
  will evaluate the suspicious phrase search in
  terms of price, effectiveness, limitations, ease
  of use, speed of results, and testimonials from
  themselves or others.

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PART THREE SUSPICIOUS PHRASE SEARCHES

• A high school junior says, My friends brag about
  how often they plagiarize. They know that theyre
  not supposed to do it, but they do it anyway
  because they are lazy and they think that they
  wont get caught.
• Discussion Have you (or anybody that you know)
  ever caught a student plagiarizing?
• If so, how was it detected?
• If not, have you ever suspected a student of
  plagiarizing but been unable to prove it?

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PART THREE SUSPICIOUS PHRASE SEARCHES

• 2. Using your newly acquired (or sharpened)
  plagiarism recognition skills, choose a
  suspicious phrase from the free Internet term
  paper that you previously downloaded.

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PART THREE SUSPICIOUS PHRASE SEARCHES

• 3. Conduct a Google search on the phrase exactly
  as it is written, putting quotation marks around
  the phrase. For example

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PART THREE SUSPICIOUS PHRASE SEARCHES

• 4. Scroll through the results of the search to
  see all of the different places on the Internet
  where your plagiarized paper could have come from.

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PART THREE SUSPICIOUS PHRASE SEARCHES

• 5. Fill in the column for Suspicious Phrase
  Search on the worksheet, Comparison of
  Plagiarism Detection Methods.

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PART THREE SUSPICIOUS PHRASE SEARCHES
Comparison of Plagiarism Detection Methods
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PART THREE SUSPICIOUS PHRASE SEARCHES

• 6. Discussion What was most surprising to you
  about conducting a suspicious phrase search on
  Google? What was least surprising?

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PART FOUR PLAGIARISM DETECTION SOFTWARE

• OBJECTIVE
• Teachers will explore three plagiarism detection
  software websites, evaluating them in terms of
  price, effectiveness, limitations, ease of use,
  speed of results, and testimonials from
  themselves or others.

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PART FOUR PLAGIARISM DETECTION SOFTWARE

• 1. Discussion What would be the main benefit of
  using plagiarism detection software? What would
  be the main drawback?

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PART FOUR PLAGIARISM DETECTION SOFTWARE

• 2. Explore the EVE Plagiarism Detection System
  website, located at www.canexus.com/eve/index.shtm
  l, filling in the worksheet, Comparison of
  Plagiarism Detection Methods, as you explore.

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PART FOUR PLAGIARISM DETECTION SOFTWARE

• 3. Explore the Glatt Plagiarism Teaching Software
  website, located at www.plagiarism.com,
• filling in the worksheet, Comparison of
  Plagiarism Detection Methods, as you explore.

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PART FOUR PLAGIARISM DETECTION SOFTWARE

• 4. Explore the Turnitin website, located at
  www.turnitin.com,
• filling in the worksheet, Comparison of
  Plagiarism Detection Methods, as you explore.

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PART FOUR PLAGIARISM DETECTION SOFTWARE

• 5. Discussion What was most surprising to you
  about the plagiarism detection software? What was
  least surprising?

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PART FIVE CHOOSING A PLAGIARISM DETECTION METHOD
(OR METHODS)

• OBJECTIVE
• Teachers will choose which plagiarism detection
  method best suits their needs.

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PART FIVE CHOOSING A PLAGIARISM DETECTION METHOD
(OR METHODS)

• View a clip from Finding Forrester (from
  139.47-141.41).
• Discussion How important is it for you to stop
  students from plagiarizing?

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PART FIVE CHOOSING A PLAGIARISM DETECTION METHOD
(OR METHODS)

• 2. Discussion Using your worksheet, Comparison
  of Plagiarism Detection Methods, identify two
  pros and two cons for each of the plagiarism
  detection methods.
• Which method (or methods) do you think would best
  suit your plagiarism detection needs?

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PLAGIARISM RECOGNITION AND DETECTION

• Wrap-up the lesson by reading Handout 2, A
  Summary of Plagiarism Recognition and Detection.
• Please complete the post-test before you leave.
• Thank you for participating!