'A Better Way To Prevent Cheating: Appeal To Fairness'

Plagiarism is all too common in schools from middle school up to college. It is the easy

Malesic shares his own personal experience as an English teacher at a college just how often students are willing to plagiarize their papers. He talks about the first time he was offended by the student that did this, and thought that it was his fault, but as he consolidated with other teachers, he learned that plagiarism isn’t as rare as he considered. Many of his colleagues told different stories of the times that they have caught plagiarism throughout their career. He tells his story about the various causes of why this happens everywhere. Malesic comes up with that students think that they know everything there is about reading and writing, however, in order to plagiarize, the person has to have exceptional skills in English, which they often do not, and it is a dead giveaway. Just because he was hurt by plagiarizing, doesn’t mean he will do something necessary as a consequence

Almost every student has been there: staring at his/her computer trying to get an assignment done when they have twenty other obligations swinging over his/her head. Students are trying to find the fastest and easiest way to get the assignment completed. Many students will plagiarize intentionally or unintentionally at some point of their educational career. Plagiarism is the act of taking someone else’s work or ideas then calling that work their own. There is no acknowledgement being given to the original author. In Trip Gabriel’s “Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age,” the internet has created new challenges for students being able to give credit to ideas and information. Often, Students do not understand that information on

Many accredited and well prestigious colleges are finding more and more students plagiarizing year after year, but, are the students who are supposedly plagiarizing doing it intentionally, or by fault? A study at the University of Australia found that 50% of its students read and understood the policy that obtained to academic integrity however, 80% ratedtheir concrete understanding of plagiarism and the mishaps to unorthodox cheating (Weimer 1). These 80% were in fact stating that they did not understand the rules to plagiarism and any affirmations as to cause such misconduct. Another study showed that students understood that they weren’t supposed to plagiarize, but didn’t understand why? So, when questioning boundaries

The paper responds to this proposition with a thesis that understanding the ethical reasoning provided by students in defending plagiarism is crucial in preventing it in student populations. The reasons can provide the basis for specific action-orientated recommendations to reduce plagiarism and to design programs to encourage originality and

In “ Generation Plagiarism” by Sarah Wilensky argues that stealing others work it’s wrong and it shouldn’t be permitted. The article is mostly about being against cheating, and by using strict ways young people will start writing originally. One evidence is that” We write papers with our sources open in neighboring windows on the same laptop screen, and we have access to more of other people’s ideas than ever before-without even getting off the sofa.”(par 5). Wilensky’s purpose of writing this is that she wants to show how easy is to steal others work just with other windows open and not even getting up from the sofa. We have access to a lot of other ideas and work so it’s so easy for us to copy and paste. Wilensky’s solution is that” if a professor or teaching assistant actually gave the big old F every time they wondered about a very familiar paragraph in a paper, our copy-paste generation would quickly learn how to write originally and cite appropriately.”(par 11). What this solution means is that if a professor gives an F whenever he or she notices that this paragraph is familiar, so they can teach the copy-paste generation how to use and write their original work and ideas. In “Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age “ by Trip Gabriel mostly have the same point of view as Wilensky’s. Gabriel also argues that when you write a paragraph with a bunch of ideas and mixing them it doesn’t mean that you have a new idea. One evidence is that “ Now we have a whole generation of students who’ve grown up with information that just seems to be hanging out there in cyberspace and doesn’t seem to have an author.”(par6). What this evidence is showing is that now we have a generation that believes they can use anyone's articles and information as it has no author. Internet is making the world easier for people just to copy and put no

As one begins to grasp the concept of Schroth’s (2012) article The Plagiarism Plague, it is easy to identify the author’s dissatisfaction for plagiarism and the negative connotations he has for someone who is involved in this heinous offense. He initiates and summarizes his commentary with personal stories of how plagiarism has affected him. Schroth offers several solutions for the copyright issue that is upon us; he states, “the sanction for plagiarism must be at least an F on the paper, accompanied by a letter in the student's file to be consulted if it happens again, with the understanding that a second offense would mean expulsion.” Schroth was also sure to mention the collective approach necessary from all educators for his solution to be implemented. He believes the “policy will be effective only with leadership from the president and full cooperation from the faculty.” The writer goes on to explain how plagiarism has become an epidemic in this society and the effects of its prevalence thereof. Although plagiarism has become rampant in this society, it is still immoral and unethical. College students continue to plagiarize however, because they refuse to regard their education as a top priority and it has become culturally acceptable for people to falsify information without any serious penalties for their dishonesty.

Not making a good use of the internet and deciding to plagiarize can result in a failing grade. Students have been cheating all the way from High School without getting caught, and consequently they haven’t been lectured on plagiarism. Usually, teachers do not take the time to talk to their students about plagiarism. “many students claim not to have been confronted with the issue by parents or previous teachers except when personally caught plagiarizing” ( Petress). This lack of knowledge about plagiarism incites students to keep cheating. The only difference is that in college teachers have more advanced ways to grade papers. Technology has advanced. “...the same technology that makes it so easy for students to cheat is now aiding teachers in catching them” ( Hastings). College teachers are more strict regarding plagiarism than high school teachers; they can turn a plagiarized work into a zero. Students need to understand how useless it is to cheat. Everything is better than a zero, so students will get more benefit if they turn in a paper that

The writer, Todd Pettigrew wrote the article “All your profs wrong about plagiarism,” explains that plagiarism takes the form of counterfeiting, which means to fake instead of stealing. Many college students result to piracy rather than to add in the work because they are lazy or desperate to succeed and rarely pay attention to the causes of cheating. Students who view plagiarism as counterfeiting may see nothing wrong with the crime because they fake their work instead of stealing another person’s own words. The scholar knows the system of cheating, acknowledges the consequences, and understands the crime; however, continues the offense because they want to pass the class. The two main ways to cheat consist of going online and blatantly stealing

Trip Gabriel's Article titled "Plagiarism Lines Blur For Students In Digital Age" Is a report on Plagiarism becoming a issue with the advancement of technology. Gabriel, former New York Times editor "...Gave up editing to return to full-time reporting..." Gabriel believes that plagiarism is at an all time high within colleges. a lot of kids don't even try to hide their academic dishonesty. Ranging from a student who "...did not think he needed to credit a source in his assignment because the page did not include author information."; To a kid who did not even bother to change the color of the font he copied and pasted from a website, and everything in between. "Digital technology makes copying and pasting easy" (Gabriel 619). Today you can

Daniel Owunwanne, Narendra Rustagi, & Remi Dada. (2010). Students' perceptions of cheating and plagiarism in higher institutions. Journal of College Teaching and Learning, 7(11),59

Plagiarism, what is it and how to avoid it has been a major question on every students’ mind. Sure it is easy just to copy and paste and take all the credit for the work that another individual put in, but is it worth it? According to WPA, Writing Program Administrators, the definition of plagiarism as states, “plagiarism occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledging its source.” Plagiarism has always concerned teachers and administrators, who want students’ work to repre¬sent their own efforts and to reflect the outcomes of their learning. However, with the advent of the Internet and easy access to almost limitless written material on

Students now have the ability to cut and paste sections of an article, or they can purchase a term paper on-line. He also believes that they plagiarize because they “are faced with too many choices, so they put off low priorities.”[4] If a student has a lot of things to do, they will not spend much time on the things that have a low priority or things that are considered boring. He also points out that a big reason for plagiarism is that “many students have poor time management and planning skills.”[5] If the student waits until the last minute to write a paper, they may not have enough time to completely research topic. Other students plagiarize because they “fear that their writing ability is inadequate.”[6] If the student does not believe that they have the ability to do good work, they may think that the only chance to get a good grade is to cheat.

“Copying’ or “borrowing” someone else’s words or ideas may perhaps be the more inoffensive way of explaining plagiarism. However, these two terms may deliver a connotation that plagiarism is not much of a serious offense. Whether the act of plagiarising is intentional or unintentional, it is considered as a fraud. In an academic setting plagiarism may even

Academic learning in today’s changing world brings demands to future professionals. Whether in a traditional classroom, or through distance learning, one thing is similar and which cannot bring forth a successful educational future. One thing that can damage anyone’s academic future is plagiarism. Whether being the future of a straight “A” student, or a student who is just getting by. The fact remains that anyone can fall victim to plagiarism. Plagiarism is the use of other writer’s words without acknowledging the source and taking those words and passing them off as one’s own ideas (Jones, 2001). Some people may think plagiarism is just copying someone else’s work but in reality plagiarism is much serious and hold very serious