In this article, the authors argue that while the term plagiarism has long been used as an unhelpful and moralistic catch-all to describe a range of textual "crimes." educators are moving into an era of both increased diversity of student populations and increased capacity to detect textual borrowings through new forms of software. To rely on the…

Ponders plagiarism. Proposes a "personnoting page," a place where students acknowledge everyone who helped them as a way of avoiding plagiarism. (JL)

Plagiarism and cheating can be defined as academic dishonesty and represent policy concerns among all levels of education. Such cases involve academic versus disciplinary decisions and the need to determine the student's understanding of the definition of plagiarism or cheating. This paper analyzes six legal issues raised in court cases and…

The prevalence of plagiarism among Hong Kong English-as-a-Second-Language university students is noted and an original source/student writing sample comparison is provided. It is suggested that plagiarism is a learned process influenced by three distinguishable cultural influences, including traditional Chinese custom in the transmission of…

Points out problems and complications of dealing with plagiarism. Argues that while teaching students to write, teachers should also try to encourage them to commit themselves to intellectual inquiry and originality. (JL)

Uses a principal's disturbing experience to introduce the contention that teachers' lack of careful attention to instructing students about report writing may lead to mere copying, which in upper grades can become plagiarism. Proposes a solution involving the "six questions" (who? what? when? where? why? and how?). (JM)

There's some uncertainty about what constitutes plagiarism, especially when it involves something more subtle than stolen words. It is difficult to distinguish legitimate use of others' material--borrowing in a general fashion or drawing inspiration--from outright theft. Guidelines on identifying plagiarism are presented. (MLW)

Presents dictionary definitions of "plagiarizing" and "copyright" and discusses the difference between plagiarizing and paraphrasing, giving illustrations of each. (TJ)

Perspectives on plagiarism are offered by a university writing teacher, who also gives examples from students' papers. A number of plagiarists genuinely do not understand that they are plagiarizing; they do not understand the basics of footnoting or when it is required. While identifying a piece of writing as plagiarism may be easy, finding the…

Assigning enrichment articles that are of an appropriate readability level will discourage plagiarism.

Explains the legal issues involved in plagiarism and suggests strategies to deal with and prevent it. (JL)

Describes two teaching methods that use (1) oral reports to end student term paper plagiarism and (2) newspapers in business communication classes. (FL)

Offers a strategy for having composition students write a clear, complete set of instructions for performing some task, while eliminating the possibility for plagiarism and collaboration. (JC)

Contributors offer suggestions concerning parents as reading stimulators, book discussions, a test bank for the secondary school/college reading lab, standardized reading tests, television reading, plagiarism, vocabulary development, and book reports. (FL)

Suggests several ways to prevent intentional and unintentional plagiarizing by students writing research papers. Suggestions include: limiting topic choice, requiring formal research proposals including bibliography, requiring recent periodical references, and asking for an informative abstract of the paper to be written in class the day the…