ATPE Online Continuing Professional Education


Anti-plagiarism Strategies for Educators

This CPE unit is worth 1 hour of credit for certification renewal requirements of the Texas State Board for Educator Certification. As an educator taking this CPE unit, you are held to the honor system and will certify once the unit is completed that you have read the entire text contained in the links to the questionnaire. There are a total of 26 questions.

Click on the linked title above and read the entire text to locate the missing words in the statements.

Awareness

  1. By understanding some of the reasons students are tempted to cheat on papers, you can take steps to cheating by attacking the .
      
  2. Copying a paper sometimes looks like a shortcut to finishing an assignment, especially when the student feels with work already. To combat this cause, assign your paper to be due well before the pressures begin.
      
  3. Many students put off assignments that do not interest them. A remedy here would be to customize the research topic to include something of real to the students.
      
  4. Many students have poor time management and skills. Structure your research assignment so that intermediate parts of it (topic, early research, prospectus, outline, draft, bibliography, final draft) are due at regular .
      
  5. Some students fear that their writing ability is . Reassure students of the help available to them.
      
  6. Plagiarism on research papers takes many forms including buying a paper from a paper mill, copying an article from the Web or electronic database, cutting and pasting to create a paper from several sources and a citation.
       
  7. Educate your students about plagiarism. Do not that students know what plagiarism is, even if they nod their heads when you ask them.
      
  8. Provide an explicit definition of plagiarism for them. For example: "Plagiarism is using another person's words or ideas without giving to the other person.”