Plagiarism (was REsponding to ABC special)

[Nancy Willard <nwillard@RESPONSIBLENETIZEN.ORG>]

> Date:    Mon, 3 May 2004 09:47:03 -0400
> From:    "M. Ellen Jay" <mejay@UMD5.UMD.EDU>
> Subject: REsponding to ABC special

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> What bothered me most was the student's attitudes.  A big step could be
> taken in making much of the high tech processes identified pointless if
> the assignments required interpretation not regurgitation of
> information.

Doug Johnson wrote an excellent article on preventing plagiarism, which
makes the same point as you. It is available here:
http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/LPP.html

As for kid's attitudes. Look around. Who is getting ahead? The ones who are
ethical or the ones who cheat? Can you say Enron?

Nancy

--
Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org
nwillard@csriu.org

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