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    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. Most academic concerns are based on student morals. Plagiarism detecting tools are a better source related to website or internet plagiarism such as a student’s awareness of peer behavior. According

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    PThe reasons for student plagiarism and ways to avoid it This is an essay examine that the reasons for students’ plagiarism and how can avoid it in maximum extent by education. In the first place, this essay analyzes some possible cause of the phenomenon of students’ plagiarism. In the second place, this essay investigates the influence of teaching to decrease the incidence of plagiarism. In this age of change, the human race is progressing rapidly on various fronts. Yet at the same time, many

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    Plagiarism missing works cited Plagiarism is a distinguished sounding word. One would almost think that it sounds like some lofty philosophical ideal named for the great Greek teacher Plagiarus, something to be aspired to. This is not so. Plagiarism is in fact a moral misdemeanor, and an academic felony. By definition, plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." Socrates, Plato and Aristotle would have frowned on such a practice

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    Plagiarism Essay

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    These days, with all of the information that is readily available on the internet, and many students opting to obtain education from online colleges and universities, the prevalence of plagiarism is on the rise. In a 2005 study conducted by the Center for Academic Integrity (www.academicintegrity.org), it was concluded that 40% of the 50,000 undergraduates asked admitted to having plagiarized from the internet. This is a very large jump over a span of six years, from only 10% in 1999 (Badke, 2007)

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    The World Wide Web and Plagiarism In the recent past when computers were available to the public, users could easily type a document without having to retype a whole page to correct or add a part to a document. Shortly after that came the Internet where countless pages of documents and information became accessible to nearly everybody. The problem with plagiarism was much smaller and easier to detect before the Internet. Preceding the Internet, plagiarized materials used

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    Dear fellow students: I have noticed that the plagiarism rate at Sheridan College have greatly increased and it is a big issue. Today, plagiarism is perceived to be a growing problem in universities and colleges. It is an act of taking information and claiming it as your own. Plagiarism is wrong because you deny yourself the opportunity to learn and practice skills that may be required in the future, you are disobeying the rules of the school and you deprive author’s credits for their hard work

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    Plagiarism is an ongoing problem from high school to college and beyond. If you ask ten high school students about plagiarism, one out of every three students will have admitted to using plagiarism off the internet for an assignment. (Donald McCabe, Rutgers university) A survey conducted by Donald McCabe at Rutger’s University showed that out of 24,000 students at 70 different high schools, fifty-eight percent admitted to plagiarism. In another study he conducted with college students the numbers

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    “When you take stuff from one writer it’s plagiarism but when you take it from many writers it's research,” said by Wilson Mizner who was an American playwright. In the 21st century, plagiarism can be easily obtained with the technology we have today. Plagiarism is wrong and people don't realize that they are doing it. Many of our trusted new outlets plagiarize by not citing where they got their information from, students are unaware that live streaming and other uses of technology activities without

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    Plagiarism Is Wrong

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    a four page essay about plagiarism and why it is wrong and to be avoided. According to the internet, “plagiarism is taking someone else’s work and acting as if it is original with you“. The actual author is not given proper credit for their thoughts, ideas, and concepts per the internet dictionary. When the writing does not have the right notations people will assume that you wrote it if your name is on the paper. If another person work is used provide quotes! Plagiarism is considered academic

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    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

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