Item 1
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
Original Source Material
Student Version
Whereas Gauguin was an iconoclast, caustic in speech, cynical, indifferent, and at times brutal to others, Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) was filled with a spirit of enthusiasm for his fellow artists and overwhelming love for humanity.
References:
Arnason, H. H. (2003). History of modern art: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
The personalities of Gauguin and van Gogh were drastically different. A spirit of enthusiasm for his fellow artists and overwhelming love for humanity filled Vincent van Gogh. The personality of Gauguin on the other hand was often described more negatively.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism
Item 2
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
Original Source Material
Student Version
Remember the Grudgers of Chapter 10. These were birds that helped each other in an apparently altruistic way, but refused to help - bore a grudge against - individuals that had previously refused to help them. Grudgers came to dominate the population because they passed on more genes to future generations than either Suckers (who helped others indiscriminately, and were exploited) or Cheats (who tried ruthlessly to exploit everybody and ended up doing each other down).
References:
Dawkins, R. (1989). The selfish gene (3rd ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Dawkins (1989) provides the example of the Grudgers where three unique approaches to helping played out to ensure that "Grudgers", those birds that helped each other in an apparently altruistic way, but refused to help individuals that had previously refused to help them, came to outnumber both the so called "Cheats" or "Suckers".
References:
Dawkins, R. (1989). The selfish gene (3rd ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism
Item 3
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
Original Source Material
Student Version
Merck, in fact, epitomizes the ideological nature--the pragmatic idealism--of highly visionary companies. Our research showed that a fundamental element in the "ticking clock" of a visionary company is a core ideology--core values and a sense of purpose beyond just making money--that guides and inspires people throughout the organization and remains relatively fixed for long periods of time.
References:
Collins, J. C., & Porras, J. I. (2002). Built to last: Successful habits of visionary companies. New York, NY: Harper Paperbacks.
Several factors can contribute to long-term organizational success. One is the establishment of a core ideology that Collins and Porras (2002) describe as "core values and sense of purpose beyond just making money" (p. 48). Also, the importance of a visionary leader that guides and inspires people throughout the organization and remains relatively fixed for long periods of time is hard to over emphasize.
References:
Collins, J. C., & Porras, J. I. (2002). Built to last: Successful habits of visionary companies. New York, NY: Harper Paperbacks.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism
Item 4
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
Original Source Material
Student Version
But what are reasonable outcomes of the influence of global processes on education? While the question of how global processes influence all aspects of education (and who controls these forces) is multidimensional and not completely testable, there appear to be some theories of globalization as it relates to education that can be empirically examined.
References:
Rutkowski, L., & Rutkowski, D. (2009). Trends in TIMSS responses over time: Evidence of global forces in education? Educational Research and Evaluation, 15(2), 137-152.
The question of “how global processes influence all aspects of education (and who controls these forces) is multidimensional and not completely testable but there appear to be some theories of globalization as it relates to education that can be empirically examined” (Rutkowski and Rutkowski, 2009, p.138).
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism
Item 5
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
Original Source Material
Student Version
In examining the history of the visionary companies, we were struck by how often they made some of their best moves not by detailed strategic planning, but rather by experimentation, trial and error, opportunism, and--quite literally--accident. What looks in hindsight like a brilliant strategy was often the residual result of opportunistic experimentation and "purposeful accidents."
References:
Collins, J. C., & Porras, J. I. (2002). Built to last: Successful habits of visionary companies. New York, NY: Harper Paperbacks.
The variety of projects that Google undertakes, from Internet search to cars that drive themselves, could be considered lack of focus. However, perhaps Google recognizes that successful moves that looked like the result of "a brilliant strategy was often the residual result of opportunistic experimentation" (Collins & Porras, 2002, p. 141).
References:
Collins, J. C., & Porras, J. I. (2002). Built to last: Successful habits of visionary companies. New York, NY: Harper Paperbacks.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism
Item 6
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
Original Source Material
Student Version
Murdoch's own moral philosophy has a great deal in common with the work of philosophers like Richard Rorty, Stanley Cavell and Martha Nussbaum. She shares with them not only the attempt to work out a chastened, usable, non-metaphysical discourse and vocabulary for a qualified humanist ethics but also their conception of the novel as an embodiment of moral philosophy.
References:
Bényei, T. (2003). Angelic omissions: Iris Murdoch's angels and ethical criticism. European Journal of English Studies, 7(2), 151-163.
Murdoch tried to work out a chastened, usable, non-metaphysical discourse and vocabulary for a qualified humanist ethics. In this regard, it has been suggested that she shared a great deal with other philosophers (e.g., Rorty, Cavell, and Nussbaum) (Bényei, 2003, p. 151).
References:
Bényei, T. (2003). Angelic omissions: Iris Murdoch's angels and ethical criticism. European Journal of English Studies, 7(2), 151-163.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism
Item 7
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
Original Source Material
Student Version
It is not expected that the aspects of a design case which excite the authors are precisely what reviewers see as the case's true points of merit. I was excited to write my design case because I felt it was novel, but novelty is not necessarily an asset to a design case. A design that is unusual or new forces the author to explain its complexity with more precision.
References:
Howard, C. D. (2011). Writing and rewriting the instructional design case: A view from two sides. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2(1), 40-55.
Coming up with a novel solution is often a good way of getting attention, “but novelty is not necessarily an asset to a design case” that describes in detail how the design solution was arrived at (Howard, 2011). A novel solution to a problem may also meet with resistance from those who are invested in the old ways of doing things.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism
Item 8
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
Original Source Material
Student Version
Suppose you study a group of successful companies and you find that they emphasize customer focus, or quality improvement, or empowerment; how do you know that you haven't merely discovered the management practice equivalent of having buildings? How do you know that you've discovered something that distinguishes the successful companies from other companies? You don't know. You can't know--not unless you have a control set, a comparison group.
References:
Collins, J. C., & Porras, J. I. (2002). Built to last: Successful habits of visionary companies. New York, NY: Harper Paperbacks.
Attributes of rigorous research can be shared across subjects of study. For example, Collins and Porras (2002) highlight the importance of having a control group when comparing companies in any effort to identify what specific company characteristics are able to distinguish the successful from the ordinary.
References:
Collins, J. C., & Porras, J. I. (2002). Built to last: Successful habits of visionary companies. New York, NY: Harper Paperbacks.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism
Item 9
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
Original Source Material
Student Version
While solitary negative reactions or unjustified suggestions for change have the potential to dissipate discourse rather than build it, the pattern analysis shows that the anonymous condition seemed to provide a safe explorative space for learners to try out more reasons for their multiple solutions. Teachers will rarely give anonymous feedback, but the experience of giving anonymous feedback may open a social space where learners can try out the reasons for their suggestions.
References:
Howard, C. D., Barrett, A. F., & Frick, T. W. (2010). Anonymity to promote peer feedback: Pre-service teachers' comments in asynchronous computer-mediated communication. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 43(1), 89-112.
Teachers don't often provide feedback anonymously, but the ability to provide feedback anonymously may create a context where the rationale associated with specific suggestions can be more safely explored (Howard, Barrett, & Frick, 2010). However, we cannot assume that all anonymous online spaces will serve as safe social spaces.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism
Item 10
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
Original Source Material
Student Version (written in 2002)
The technological tools available today for creating computer-based learning materials are incredibly more powerful than those introduced just a few years ago. We can make our own movies with camcorders in our homes; we can publish our own books. Soon teachers and students will be able to use computer-video technology to produce their own learning materials. All it takes is time, know-how, and some funds.
References:
Frick, T. (1991). Restructuring education through technology.Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation.
Frick (1991) suggested that teachers and students would be capable of using computer-video technology to make learning resources. Furthermore, Frick's observation regarding tools for creating learning materials that leverage computers that are a lot more powerful than technology used just a few years back remains true over a decade later.
References:
Frick, T. (1991). Restructuring education through technology.Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism
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How can I check my homework for plagiarism? ›
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Professors use TurnItIn to ensure students submit original work. Similarity reports are generated upon receipt of the files as TurnItIn, like a web crawler, finds similarities in sentences and paragraphs. Borrowing a paper or purchasing one online (or offline) is just not worth the risk.
Does Google assignments check for plagiarism? ›If your teacher turns on originality reports for an assignment, you can use the reports to identify uncited content and unintentional plagiarism before you turn in your work. The reports compare your Google Docs or Slides files against webpages and books on the internet. Your teacher can't see the reports that you run.
Can teachers see if you plagiarize? ›Many professors, in addition to re-reading the work, have enjoyed plagiarism checkers. These are special computer programs or sites for automatically detecting plagiarism in the text. This is a very modern and convenient method.
Is plagiarism a crime? ›Plagiarism is the act of taking a person's original work and presenting it as if it was one's own. Plagiarism is not illegal in the United States in most situations. Instead it is considered a violation of honor or ethics codes and can result in disciplinary action from a person's school or workplace.
What is the number 1 plagiarism checker? ›Grammarly
Grammarly is one of the most trusted tools by academics. Many universities around the world use it regularly. With accurate plagiarism detection, Grammarly is also an automated proofreader and plagiarism checker. It has a huge database of 16 billion web pages and ProQuest's databases.
There is a lack of consensus or clear-cut-rules on what percentage of plagiarism is acceptable in a manuscript. Going by the convention, usually a text similarity below 15% is acceptable by the journals and a similarity of >25% is considered as high percentage of plagiarism.
Is 15% plagiarism a lot? ›Anything above 15% is indicative of the fact that the student's work contains a great deal of plagiarised material. In the context of the student's academic submission, a Turnitin plagiarism score of 15% could result in a range of disciplinary measures.
Is 10% plagiarism a lot? ›
As a guide a returned percentage of below 15% would probably indicate that plagiarism has not occurred. However, if the 15% of matching text is one continuous block this could still be considered plagiarism. A high percentage would probably be anything over 25% (Yellow, orange or red).
How can I remove plagiarism below 10%? ›- Paraphrase your content. Do not copy–paste the text verbatim from the reference paper. ...
- Use Quotations. ...
- Cite your Sources – Identify what does and does not need to be cited. ...
- Maintain records of the sources you refer to. ...
- Use plagiarism checkers.
If a student has plagiarized, your professors have the responsibility and right to take action. Even if your professor does not request disciplinary action, he or she is encouraged to report acts of academic dishonesty to the University Administration.
Does plagiarism count as cheating? ›One of the most common forms of cheating is plagiarism, using another's words or ideas without proper citation.
How do I know if my student is plagiarizing? ›- Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism (Source: Rutgers University)
- Plagiarism.org (A service that requires payment but which gives a free trial)
- SafeAssign.
- Glatt Plagiarism Services.
- EVE.
What Percentage on Turnitin is bad? Turnitin similarity score is considered bad if it is beyond 30% on the originality report, and the matching content is not cited and referenced.
Can you fail a class for plagiarism? ›Even if you aren't breaking the law, plagiarism can seriously impact your academic career. While the exact consequences of plagiarism vary by institution and severity, common consequences include: a lower grade, automatically failing a course, academic suspension or probation, or even expulsion.
Can a professor fail you for plagiarism? ›Plagiarism carries severe disciplinary and financial consequences. When a student is proven to have plagiarized a paper, he or she faces serious penalties, ranging from failure on the assignment to failure in the course.
What happens if your school catches you plagiarizing? ›Plagiarism allegations can cause a student to be suspended or expelled. Their academic record can reflect the ethics offense, possibly causing the student to be barred from entering college from high school or another college. Schools, colleges, and universities take plagiarism very seriously.
How do teachers know your cheating? ›Plagiarism detection software: This is the most universally-used method of monitoring students for online cheating, and is often used for in-person classes as well.
Can you get fired for plagiarizing? ›
A professional business person, politician, or public figure may find that the damage from plagiarism follows them for their entire career. Not only will they likely be fired or asked to step down from their present position, but they will surely find it difficult to obtain another respectable job.
Can you face jail time for plagiarism? ›Legal Consequences of Plagiarism
These types of plagiarism can cause the original author or their estate to bring a lawsuit against you. People who steal others' work in violation of the law can face fines between $1,000 and $250,000 and, in some cases, spend up to a year in jail.
- Direct Plagiarism. Direct plagiarism is the word-for-word transcription of a section of someone else's work, without attribution and without quotation marks. ...
- Self Plagiarism. ...
- Mosaic Plagiarism. ...
- Accidental Plagiarism.
- Keeping track of the sources you consult in your research.
- Paraphrasing or quoting from your sources (and adding your own ideas)
- Crediting the original author in an in-text citation and in your reference list.
- Using a plagiarism checker before you submit.
Saying this, having too high a similarity score, while not meaning a student has plagiarised, may mean a student is relying too much on direct quotes or secondary sources. As a guide, somewhere between 15-20% might be considered a good score to aim for.
Is Turnitin better than Grammarly? ›For example, if you're a student looking for the most accurate plagiarism checker, Turnitin is better due to the more extensive database. If you're a freelance writer who wants to improve and needs the best writing assistant and a decent plagiarism checker, Grammarly is for you.
Does paraphrasing count as plagiarism? ›Paraphrasing without crediting the original author is a form of plagiarism, because you're presenting someone else's ideas as if they were your own. However, paraphrasing is not plagiarism if you correctly cite the source.
Is 1% plagiarism OK? ›Your work should not contain any plagiarism. Even if your score is 1%, you will need to review each similarity and decide whether it's necessary to revise your work. But contrary to popular belief, plagiarism checkers work by detecting similarities, not plagiarism.
Why is my plagiarism so high? ›A high percentage could mean that you are in presence of a serious case of plagiarism or it could also be due to another reason: sometimes it can happen that the same document is uploaded on the database more than once (i.e. a thesis draft and the final version of the same thesis).
What is the most serious plagiarism? ›Global plagiarism is the most serious type of plagiarism because it involves deliberately and directly lying about the authorship of a work.
Is 0 on Turnitin good? ›
Why is the Turnitin Similarity Report score 0%? When student submissions receive a 0% similarity score, it means that none of the text in the paper is matching the enabled search sources.
How much plagiarism is allowed by Google? ›Contents with less than 10% plagiarism are appreciated. If one copies any part of the content as it is, then Google verifies it strictly.
Does Turnitin know if you copy and paste? ›Turnitin does not check for plagiarism in a piece of work. Instead, we will check a student's work against our database, and if there are instances where a student's writing is similar to, or matches against, one of our sources, we will flag this for you to review.
How many students are caught plagiarizing? ›According to the McCabe study, the percentage of cheaters in high school is very high. 95% of respondents (of which there were around 70,000) admitted to breaking the honor code of their institution. 64% of them confessed to cheating during tests and 58% admitted to committing plagiarism.
What percentage of plagiarism is acceptable on Grammarly? ›QueText and Grammarly are the top two plagiarism checkers available on the internet. What percentage of plagiarism is acceptable? A text or piece of the document containing above 25% of plagiarism is unacceptable.
How do you copy and paste without plagiarizing? ›- You can avoid Copy and Paste plagiarism by using quotes.
- There are two ways to quote: You can put quotation marks around a sentence in the text. OR. If your quote takes up more than four typed lines, you can use block quotations. Block quotations are indented from the main body of the page.
- Don't procrastinate with your research and assignments. Good research takes time. ...
- Commit to doing your own work. If you don't understand an assignment, talk with your professor. ...
- Be 100% scrupulous in your note taking. ...
- Cite your sources scrupulously. ...
- Understand good paraphrasing.
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Turn on originality reports after getting student work
- On a computer, go to classroom.google.com.
- Click the class. Classwork.
- Next to the assignment, click More. Edit.
- Check the Check plagiarism (originality) box.
- Plagiarism and Anti-Plagiarism (Source: Rutgers University)
- Plagiarism.org (A service that requires payment but which gives a free trial)
- SafeAssign.
- Glatt Plagiarism Services.
- EVE.
What is the easiest way to check for plagiarism? ›
- Scribbr (in partnership with Turnitin) 4.7.
- Quetext. 3.3.
- Grammarly. 3.2.
- Unicheck. 3.0.
- PlagScan. 2.8.
- Pre Post SEO. 2.2.
- Plagiarism Detector. 2.2.
- Viper. 2.0.
Every paper that has been submitted can be viewed by clicking on the View button next to the assignment name. This will open a new window in a separate screen that displays the paper information in the heading at the top and the full text of the paper beneath.
How do I check if my paper is plagiarized before submitting? ›The Turnitin Self-Checker allows Purchase College students to check rough drafts of papers, essays, and assignments for originality and proper citation. You can use the Similarity Report generated by Turnitin to identify paraphrases or citations that need revision before your final draft is due.
What originality percentage is acceptable? ›As a guide a returned percentage of below 15% would probably indicate that plagiarism has not occurred. However, if the 15% of matching text is one continuous block this could still be considered plagiarism. A high percentage would probably be anything over 25% (Yellow, orange or red).
What percentage of originality for Turnitin is acceptable? ›FAQs: Turnitin FAQs
Saying this, having too high a similarity score, while not meaning a student has plagiarised, may mean a student is relying too much on direct quotes or secondary sources. As a guide, somewhere between 15-20% might be considered a good score to aim for.
Unintentional plagiarism is plagiarism that occurs when a writer fails to follow proper scholarly procedures for citation without an explicit intent to cheat.
Can you get kicked out for plagiarizing? ›Academic Integrity Violations
Colleges set academic integrity policies that include expulsion as a disciplinary action. For example, serious cases of plagiarism or cheating may result in expulsion.
Yes, reusing your own work without acknowledgment is considered self-plagiarism. This can range from re-submitting an entire assignment to reusing passages or data from something you've turned in previously without citing them.
Is 7% plagiarism a lot? ›Going by the convention, usually a text similarity below 15% is acceptable by the journals and a similarity of >25% is considered as high percentage of plagiarism.
Can I use Turnitin for free? ›Yes, Scribbr offers a limited free version of its plagiarism checker in partnership with Turnitin. It uses Turnitin's industry-leading plagiarism detection technology and has access to most content databases.
Can a student delete a Turnitin submission? ›
Navigate to the assignment with the paper you'd like to delete. Select the Delete button and choose Remove From Inbox. You're all done! The paper should no longer appear within the Assignment Inbox.
How do I reduce similarity on Turnitin? ›If your similarity index is high and you want to reduce it, check that: (a) Quotation marks (“...”) are used around every quote and the source is cited, (b) you are not over-using quotations, and (c) your own words are not too similar to the original text.