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Table of Contents
Detailed
Contents
Chapter 1: Educating Yourself About
Plagiarism
Educates readers about the causes of plagiarism
and cheating and provides practical suggestions for attacking these
causes. The chapter also describes many of the types of plagiarism
and then concludes by asking the reader to think about plagiarism in
the context of personal and institutional values.
1.1
Understand Why Students Cheat
1.2 Understand the Varieties of
Plagiarism
1.3 Understand the Personal and Political
Realities of the Battle
Chapter 2: Educating Your
Students About Plagiarism
Offers practical material to help
educate students about plagiarism so that the amount of
unintentional plagiarism can be greatly reduced. The chapter also
provides some philosophical and ethical content for discussing with
students why plagiarism is wrong and why citing sources actually
strengthens their writing.
2.1 Teach Students About
Plagiarism
2.2 Help Students Prevent Unintentional or
Inadvertent Plagiarism
2.3 Discuss Why Plagiarism is
Wrong
2.4 Discuss the Benefits of Citing Sources
2.5
Discuss Some of Your Detection Work
2.6 Make the Penalties
Clear
Chapter 3: Constructing Assignments to Prevent
Plagiarism
Presents many suggestions for constructing
assignments that will result in papers highly resistant to
plagiarizing. Adopting some of the ideas in this chapter should
greatly reduce the amount of intentional plagiarism in the papers
you receive.
3.1 Make the Assignment Clear
3.2 Break
the Assignment into Pieces
3.3 Require Interaction and
Feedback
Chapter 4: Strategies for Detecting
Plagiarism
Describes strategies for detecting plagiarism. The
standard clues are explained for the benefit of new paper graders,
and some more subtle ones are also included for the practiced eye.
Information on term paper mills and on searching electronic
databases and the Internet is included, together with a list and
discussion of commercial detection software and services.
4.1
Look for the Obvious Clues
4.2 Look for the More Subtle
Clues
4.3 Know the Major Sources of Papers
4.4 Check
Locally
4.5 Search for the Paper On-line
4.6 Use a
Plagiarism Detector
Chapter 5: Strategies for Dealing
with Plagiarism
Discusses the various means for handling a
case of plagiarism once it has been identified. Strategies are
presented to help you obtain a confession when your proof is too
circumstantial for an evidentiary conviction. Some recommendations
are also given for institutional policy and practice. Due process is
emphasized.
5.1 Prepare for the Interaction
5.2
Beginning the Interaction
5.3 Distinguishing Truth from
Deception
5.4 Questioning Techniques
5.5 Be Prepared
for Rationalizations
5.6 Test the Student
5.7 Consider
the Penalty
Chapter 6: Administrative and
Institutional Issues Regarding Plagiarism
Covers policy
issues that should be discussed and decided at the institutional and
administrative level. It is crucial that processes surrounding the
punishment of plagiarism be just, fair, and equitable. The
administration needs to support the faculty and the faculty should
operate within administrative policy. These goals can be
accomplished only if everyone has a hand in establishing clear and
workable systems.
6.1 Construct Clear Definitions of
Plagiarism
6.2 Processes
6.3 Institutional Support
Mechanisms
6.4 Develop Systematic Penalties
6.5
Administrative Concerns
6.6 Instructor Concerns
6.7
Student Concerns
Appendix A: Sample Definitions of
Plagiarism and Policy Language
A.1 Definitions
A.2
Policies
A.3 Honor Codes
Appendix B: Quizzes
and Activities
B.1 Plagiarism Attitude Scale
B.2
Citation Quiz
B.3 Using Sources Quiz
B.4 Acceptable
Use Versus Plagiarism Exercise
B.5 "You Be the Judge"
Activity
Appendix C: Teaching Resources
C.1
Citation Decision Chart 1: When Should You Cite?
C.2 Citation
Decision Chart 2: What Needs to Be Cited?
C.3 Using Sources:
The Simple Rule
C.4 Improper Use of Sources
C.5
Plagiarism FAQ
Appendix D: Internet Search
Tools
D.1 Search Engines
D.2 Metasearch
Tools
D.3 Directories
D.4 Deep Web Sources
D.5
Book Review Sites
D.6 Reference Sites
D.7 Homework
Helper Sites
D.8 Search Engines for On-line Papers
D.9
Subject Notes Sites
D.10 Literary Works
Sites
Appendix E: Term Paper Mills
E.1 Sites
Listing Term Paper Mills
E.2 Sites Linked to
Freeessay.com
E.3 Other Sites with Free Papers
E.4
Sites Operated by the Paper Store
E.5 Sites Operated by the
Paper Experts
E.6 Other Sites Selling
Papers
Appendix F: Useful Web Links and
Articles
F.1 Example Honor Codes
F.2 Example
Statements Relating to Plagiarism and Academic Integrity
F.3
Examples Showing How to Avoid Plagiarism
F.4 Other Articles
and Sites of Interest
Appendix G: Teaching Ideas for
the 24 Cartoons
G.1 Using the Cartoons to Begin a Discussion
About Plagiarism
G.2 Discussing the Cartoons
G.3
Individual Cartoon Discussion
Ideas
References
Index
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