Plagiarism And Its Effect On Students

Plagiarism is an increasing large issue on college campuses, a habit to most of the student. According to the article ‘’The Plagiarism Plague’’, the findings on the survey made to 50,000 students on more than 60 campuses was that 70 percent of the students admitted that they cheated. Half of the students surveyed admitted that one or more times made serious cheating on writing assignments, with 77 percent of the students surveyed said that cheating was not a serious issue.

Ms. Wilensky believes that plagiarism occurs because “students leave high school unprepared for the intellectual rigors of college writing.” In college, the writing becomes more thorough, detailed, and the need for accuracy grows. Incoming freshmen are not taught crucial critical thinking skills needed for successful college writing while still in high school. I believe that this is true because high school teachers , especially upperclassmen teachers, are trying to prepare their students for the SAT/ACT and/ or state finals.

New York Times journalist, Trip Gabriel, puts into perspective the use of digital technology in “Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age,” from professors and students such as, Sarah Brookover, that have issues with plagiarism being taken lightly by her peers, since students are not “walking into a library, and not physically holding the article.” The discussion of plagiarism allows one to not only see the negative side of the digital age but how it’s been able to impact the younger generation who grew up with computers, tablets, and cell-phones. It is true that the use of these devices cause a certain ‘disconnect” when having to socialize in public, and everyone is looking towards their phones, but, these devices are the form in

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.

Almost all colleges enforce policy when students commit plagiarism. With regard to plagiarism, two authors’ arguments differ. One of authors, Emma Teitel, a student in Dalhousie University, argued that the punishment of plagiarism is un-fare. She was punished for plagiarism in her third year. She claimed that she just made a technical mistake on her essay and did not intentionally plagiarize from another author’s work (Teitel, November 8, 2011). On the other hand, according to Todd Pettigrew, a professor in Kings University, colleges should make a rule clearly for plagiarized assignments depending on the number of offenses. For example, for student who commits plagiarism the second time should get a stronger punishment than the first offense.

Plagiarism in Colleges and Universities is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. This is one of the most crucial tasks for students that take online courses. This paper will look at the tools for detecting plagiarism and the pros and cons of using the plagiarism checker in the nursing curriculum.

Educators have long been concerned with the problem of detecting plagiarism. Despite the severe sanctions imposed when it is discovered, some students persist in using the words and ideas of other writers without attribution. Ironically, the very seriousness of the offense and the penalties imposed may contribute to the relative impunity of the offenders.

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The UMUC plagiarism policy, part of the Academic Integrity, should be the first thing every college student get familiar with. Ever discovered case will be investigated and might result in serious repercussions. The student might be even removed from the class. Plagiarism can appear in many, different forms, but it can be mainly categorized into the intentional and unintentional. Intentional plagiarism is when the person presents their work, while knowing that it doesn't consist of their own, original idea. In other words, its deliberately stealing someone else work. The unintentional plagiarism can be just as harmful. It happens when the person fails or forgets to cite their source, put the quotation marks on the quote they used or even

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

I have really enjoyed this class. Even though a lot of the work we did wasn't that new to me. I really enjoyed using the citation assignments. I believe it is really important to be able to cite your sources right and often. Just to be on the safe side. Plagiarism is one of those seven deadly college sins that you cant take back. What I found challenging was the mind mapping or webbing. It sounds so simple to do, but some how I still have trouble doing it. Well I have trouble with it when its part of an assignment. If its just idea farming then I'm not sure if its an issue. But I didn't do very well on that assignment. One thing that I will have to remember is to not always use the first thing I find when I run a search on the internet.

Instructors main goal is to teach their students to their best ability. When the student in turn uses someone else's ideas instead of allowing the lessons they have been taught to create their own, everyone in the situation loses. The teacher is unable to evaluate the student's understanding and the student is unable to truly grasp the concept of the lesson.

Plagiarism can take many forms and may happen in varying degrees. It can occur when people don’t even attempt to write their own essay and copy someone else’s work in its entirety. It also could be partially their own with much copied from another source. This becomes plagiarism when the source isn’t identified and credited. It can even occur if the source is falsely identified or quotation marks are not included.

Sheridan College expects that his students claim credit for their own work; therefore, created a step by step academic integrity policy and procedure to follow by the Faculty members and the students. Usually well-meaning students do not plagiarize because of evil will but ignorance, laziness, low self-confidence, as in the case of “Chris Spence, the former Toronto District School Board director”, who was accused of plagiarizing (Infantry, 2013, p.1, para. 1).

In colloquial language plagiarism is the concept of stealing someone’s piece of work or someone’s idea. It is clear that plagiarising is unjust and immoral, however now a days it is becoming more difficult to come up with original ideas as the media allows students to have open access to all information and the producer or author must be very careful to not use somebody else’s work unintentionally and claim it as theirs. It is important to educate students about plagiarism as it can carry major consequences. The concept of plagiarism with reference to policy will be outlined and also the steps helping students and authors to avoid plagiarism in this assignment.