Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism

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Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism

• Presented by
• Laura J. Toki
• Assistant Director
• Curriculum, Training and Development Services
• Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8

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What is plagiarism?

• Spectrum Failure to cite properly to wholesale
  cheating
• May be unintentional or deliberate

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Examples of Plagiarism

• Buying a paper from a research service or term
  paper mill
• Turning in another students work without his/her
  knowledge
• Turning in a paper another student has written
  for you

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Examples of Plagiarism

• Copying a paper from a text without proper
  acknowledgement (i.e., citing source)
• Copying materials verbatim, citing source, but
  leaving out quotation marks
• Paraphrasing materials without proper source
  citation

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Internet Plagiarism

• Turning in a paper from a free term paper
  website
• Copying and pasting whole passages of text
  without quotes and citations

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How can I prevent plagiarism?

• Teach and emphasize the research process
• Topic proposals
• Idea outlines
• Multiple drafts
• Proper citation of sources
• Photocopying or printing source texts to
  accompany final draft

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How can I prevent plagiarism?

• Require students to analyze thoughts and ideas,
  not just describe them (e.g., oral report with
  questions)
• Require students to reflect personally on the
  topic or the research process

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How can I prevent plagiarism?

• Discuss plagiarism with students
• What it is
• School policies or disciplinary action
• Long-term consequences of plagiarism (e.g.,
  college application, plagiarism in college, etc.)

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How can I detect plagiarism?

• Check for unusual formatting or formatting that
  does not match your specific requirements
• Look for jargon or advanced vocabulary or
  sentence structure
• Read quotations carefully and look for proper
  citations

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How can I detect plagiarism?

• Look for all assignment criteria
• Are there any parts left out?
• Does any part read like it was added on to the
  paper?
• Is the text the correct mode (e.g.,
  informational, persuasive, etc.)?

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How can I detect plagiarism?

• Review the bibliography
• Are citations in proper form?
• Do all sources match those cited in text of the
  paper?
• Pay particular attention to online sources

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How can I track down plagiarism?

• Check for original author identification clues
  and do a search for the author
• Check for original source identification clues
  and do a search for the website
• Identify unusual keywords or unique phrases and
  do a search
• Look at original text of sources listed in the
  bibliography

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How can I track down plagiarism?

• Check these websites for free papers
• School Sucks
• Other Peoples Papers
• Absolutely Free Online Essays
• Free Termpapers International
• Dorians Paper Archive

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How can I track down plagiarism?

• Check these websites that sell papers
• Evil House of Cheat
• Research Papers Online A
• A1 Termpaper
• Genius Papers

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What else can I do?

• Let students know you know about these websites.
• Take students to one of these sites and analyze
  the weaknesses.
• Teach the class to use other websites as sources.

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What else can I do?

• Include specific instructions about
  bibliographies (e.g., required articles or
  websites).
• Require specific components (e.g., interviews
  with experts, class readings, recent sources,
  etc.).

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What else can I do?

• Have students analyze paper mill papers and write
  an essay on ethics.
• Have students research and write in class.
• Teacher-student conferences
• Student peer conferences
• Students submit all notes and drafts with the
  final paper

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What else can I do?

• On the day papers are due, have students write a
  reflection on the process
• Features of the paper theyre proud of
• Things they had trouble with
• Things they learned by writing

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What else can I do?

• If you suspect a paper was downloaded from the
  Internet, enter key words or a string of words in
  quotation marks
• Try 2 or 3 different search engines
• AltaVista, HotBot, and Lycos Pro work best in
  finding strings of words or phrases

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What else can I do?

• DONT write to or email these websites.
• Website publishers will use your complaints as
  publicity.