Marty wrote:
>My thanks to everyone who responded to my call for help on a possible
>plagiarism situation. For those interested in the details of the
case,
>the student cited only two sources: the P. E. Salles Gomes book on
Vigo
>and an online review of _Zero for Conduct_ at
>www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/1204/zfc.htm. (This latter item,
by
>the way, is the only external-review link at the Internet Movie
Database's
>entry for this film.) The student handled these sources properly;
it's
>the unattributed material that worries me. The sample excerpts that I
>posted the other day don't come from Salles Gomes, the online review,
the
>William Simon and John Smith books on Vigo, or any of the
miscellaneous
>French cinema books I examined in my school's library. As a number of
>respondents have suggested, it may well be impossible to track down
the
>sources, and I must say that I've grown weary of the whole thing. I
>haven't met with the student yet, but, when I do, I'll use a
combination
>of approaches suggested by Ken and others. At this point, it's the
only
>sensible thing to do. My hope is that if I speak with the student in
a
>non-accusatory way about the sources that he/she used, etc., it will
be
>clear in a matter of minutes if the paper was plagiarized or not.
Thanks
>again for your thoughts.
hi Marty,
i hope you'll let us know, or at least me, how things went. i've been
through similar situations numerous times and each situation seems to
require an individualized approach. i'm curious as to how these
suggestions will work. if the info hasn't already been passed
along--although i do think i read all the posts under this thread
heading--i've attached, below, some refs we've got on our web pages
devoted to life in the knowledge factory. we have a section for students
which points them toward the cheater's sites but we've included a note
about the plagiarism sites, as well :-).
kelley
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a web site for theory/research/practice, a listserv for exploring the
nexus of media/culture/politics
http://www.flash.net/~oudies/pulp_culture.htm
Genevaplagiarism.orgGeneva:
"Our computational processes for 'finger-printing' papers and determining
degrees of originality will detect plagiarism."
0000,0000,fefehttp://www.plagiarism.org/
Or maybe not. Wrongly accused because the plagiarism
detection systems don't work: "These are key issues, it turns out, in the
brave new world of plagiarism detection online. Like other things on the
Web, it's a prospect alluring in its simplicity, but devilishly difficult
to accomplish in reality. It remains to be seen how many people might be
unjustly accused before the kinks are worked out."
0000,0000,fefehttp://www.salon1999.com/tech/feature/1999/06/14/plagiarism/
Dead Giveaways (Tips for Teachers)
0000,0000,fefehttp://rideau.carleton.ca/~gsenecha/guide/Givups.htm
Programming profs may have a solution in MOSS (Measure of Software
Similarity) "Moss is being provided in the hope that it will benefit the
educational community. Moss is fast, easy to use, and free. Access to
Moss is restricted to instructors and staff of programming courses. To
obtain a Moss account, send a request to [log in to unmask]
Processing requests for accounts may take up to a day; once you have an
account queries are processed as soon as they are received." MOSS
System for Detecting Software Plagiarism
0000,0000,fefehttp://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~aiken/moss.html
"In a 1993 survey of 500 University of Oregon students, 91 percent said
they had cheated on a test or written assignment. The UO was among 10
universities surveyed by Rutgers University, which found that 89 percent
of students overall admitted to cheating." Electronic Plagiarism
article and links
0000,0000,fefehttp://otn.uoregon.edu/eisenhower/internet_learning/internet/plag.html
The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in
an Electronic Age
0000,0000,fefehttp://www.fno.org/may98/cov98may.html
Guide For Students: Plagiarism: What It is and How to
Recognize and Avoid It. Information you may want to link to a course
page.
0000,0000,fefehttp://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html
Guide For Faculty: Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism: Preventing,
Detecting and Tracking Online Plagiarism
0000,0000,fefehttp://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/plagiary.htm
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