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Using the Internet to Reduce Electronic Plagiarism
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Teachers nationwide are fighting back the tide of electronic cheating using both digital and conventional means.
The increased access to canned essays afforded by the Internet is equally effective as a means to ferret out unoriginal work as it is to obtain it. Teachers are using a plethora of strategies including using search engines, plagiarism-detection Web sites, email, and customized software programs.
The cheapest and easiest method of finding work taken from the Web is to conduct a simple Internet search on a search engine site such as Google. Simply ask your students to submit their essays in electronic form, copy and paste a six or seven word phrase from an essay into the search box, and let it search.
There are also numerous Internet pay-per-service companies that will search for exact word-for-word matches with papers in their digital archive and on the Internet. The advantage of programs like this is that students have to submit their work directly to the service prior to handing it in to the teacher. The teacher then logs into the Web site for customized analysis of the student's work. Thus, the service compares the work not only to essays posted on the Web, but also to others in the teacher's classes.
An Ounce of Prevention
Teachers can help reduce large scale plagiarism by employing a few simple preventative measures.
- Discuss plagiarism in the class and clearly define what constitutes plagiarism and inappropriate paraphrasing. You may need to discuss why it is wrong to steal intellectual property.
- Help students master the five-step writing process. By teaching students how to write using a process approach, you arm them with the skills they need to actually complete a writing project without resorting to plagiarism. There are numerous tips about the writing process available on the Teaching Today Tip Archive.
- Require students to hand in outlines, drafts, and all other evidence of the writing process, including research notes. Make it easy on yourself by requiring them to place it all in a binder or file folder for submission.
- Inform students that you will be checking for unoriginal work. This alone can be enough to deter a student; especially when the consequences of plagiarism are harsh.
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