This is a
sample of one class of distance learning students. In general, where you find
that a student did some form of copying, you will also
find factual error. Copying encourages passive reading and passive reading
means students do not understand. Their work is—for lack of a better word—a fake product.
Requiring students
to use sources that you can see (such as textbooks, readings, or links) means:
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Anyone can readily see and prove plagiarism
from another source or “half-copy” plagiarism from one of the required sources
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Only
an experienced subject matter expert can readily
spot factual errors.
On the other hand, careful selection of the questions for the test can increase
the speed of a less experienced subject matter expert. The goal of these
questions can be students’ learning some basic history and your being able to
show them how they are following a process that won’t work anywhere and they do
not understand what the world of academics and of business requires as
evidence.
What the
Color Coding Means?
The color coding in their answers and in the
source means:
Pink highlight |
The
student used in his or her submission the same words as the source and
usually the same structure (“half-copy” plagiarism in the words of The Bedford Handbook). |
Orange highlight |
The
student used in his or her submission the same words but they were grabbed
from another page of the source (“half-copy” plagiarism in the words of The Bedford Handbook).. |
Blue __ underlining |
The
student used in his or her submission the same words but swapped the order (“half-copy”
plagiarism in the words of The Bedford
Handbook). |
Orange __ underlining |
The
words that the student used are warning signs of some factual error or
equivalent problem. |
How Are the
Examples Organized?
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The
top is what the students wrote. Sometimes it sounds OK until you compare.
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The
bottom is what they were looking at when they wrote. Sometimes your seeing
where they were reading requires a second or third page.
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