Re: [LM_NET] Research and plagiarism policies

[Karl Dowell <DowellK@MUSTANGPS.ORG>]

Ken Umbach's comments make me want to restate my position more clearly. 
I agree wholeheartedly that people entering a professional arena should
possess compentence in the associated skills.  On the other hand, 9th
and 10th graders really do have their hands full.  They are beginning to
learn the basic research process at the same time they are learning the
writing process!  Each is quite difficult in its own right.  Adding full
MLA citation instruction simply overloads most of these students.  I do
think students graduating high school should have a grasp of not only
proper format but the reasons why it is done and be able to document
their research according to the standard reasonably well.  That's my
goal.

And I think David Lininger's suggested citation style is an even better
answer than the automated citation websites.



Karl Dowell
Media Director
Mustang High School
Mustang OK
dowellk@mustangps.org

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