Let students know the consequences of plagiarizing.Sam said she was in a “panic about plagiarism.” Aubrey, who had notebooks full of her creative writing, believed she was not good at research papers because, “I was really scared about plagiarizing.” However, for students who are looking for the easy way out of your assignment, the best way to keep them from plagiarizing is to make doing so too much work.
In fact, in a study of students at the college where I teach, many mentioned that they were worried about unintentionally plagiarizing. Most students do not plagiarize intentionally.
While every teacher has entertaining stories about students who hand in papers that still have other students’ names on them, these cases are relatively rare. Students may plagiarize for many reasons, ranging from laziness to sloppiness to a lack of understanding about the reason for citations, but teachers can employ a series of strategies to prevent problems while also teaching students good scholarly practices.
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