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« on: October 23, 2006, 10:11:48 PM » |
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I have a student who I KNOW is plagiarizing. This is simply NOT student writing. I've been all over the internet and CAN'T FIND A BLOODY THING. Strategies I've overlooked?
Obviously I won't risk my adjunct neck without proof (though I get to give a bad grade on this one, because it didn't really do the assignment--bwa ha ha). Any search engines that are particularly good at catching the paper mills?
Do I keep trying or just make my peace with this and realize that someone who's cheating on freaking opinion papers in freshman comp has problems I can't help with?
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larryc
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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2006, 10:59:48 PM » |
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Post a couple sentences here and let the CHE detective brigade try to root out your malefactor.
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fizxdude
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2006, 11:03:47 PM » |
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Try going to plagiarism.org. They offer some resources for fighting plagiarism.
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nabob
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2006, 11:58:49 PM » |
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One possible strategy, if you have so far only been typing in sentences in quotes on google: Try it without the quotes. I caught one plagiarizer who added things like "..., as they say, ..." and so on in the middle of blatantly copied sentences to try to throw me off.
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comp1
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« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2006, 12:03:06 AM » |
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The intelligent student is not going to copy off the internet. He/she/they/hu? will check out a good, old-fashioned book from the library. And THEN copy word for word. Try catching that.
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larryc
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« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2006, 12:08:17 AM » |
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Try catching that. Easy. Google book search: http://books.google.com/bkshp. Amazon's "search inside the book" feature can be useful as well. |
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« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2006, 12:14:08 AM » |
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Yeah, but, how much Library does Google have covered?
I was never the intelligent student, as you may have divined. :)
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rattusdomesticus
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« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2006, 11:14:52 AM » |
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comp_queen,
One thing I did was to make up a short "quiz" which tested some of the phrases and concepts that the student used in the paper--things that were specifically not quoted and therefore should have been his own ideas. (Which would suggest that he would know their meaning...)
The outcome? He couldn't even define or reuse any of the phrases in sentences... which made it very obvious that he had PAID someone to write his paper. I then offered to have him sign a document which stated that he had broken our "academic honesty" rule on campus. I kept both documents and failed him. Per my syllabus, turning in work that was not his (academic dishonesty) was an automatic "F" in the course. He cried (!) and begged for reconsideration, but I felt this was a case where he knew EXACTLY what he was doing, with no respect for our college. It was awkward, but my dean backed me up completely.
Good luck. And do report on the outcome. I'm seriously interested.
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intl_realist
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« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2006, 11:15:52 AM » |
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Have you tried using turnitin.com? I have successfully found plagiarism using this website when all else failed. Good luck!
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