Here is the correct URL:
http://ur.rutgers.edu/medrel/viewArticle.html?ArticleID=3408
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Bobby
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of George
> MacDonald Ross
> Sent: 07 July 2004 13:10
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Promoting best practice and plagiarism prevention.
>
> Marie,
>
> The correct URL is lower-case R in 'Article', and =, not +. This report
> actually contradicts one of Szabo and Underwood's findings:
>
> "One of the more disturbing findings in this new project is the
> observation that first year students report serious cheating at
> essentially the same rate as upperclassmen. In previous research, first
> year students have typically reported lower levels of cheating." (Cut
> and pasted!)
>
> I am wholly in favour of using detection software, and have done so
> myself. Nevertheless, I remain strongly of the opinion that prevention
> is better than cure, and that our teaching will be better if it is
> plagiarism-proof.
>
> George.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marie
> Hill
> Sent: 07 July 2004 11:08
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Promoting best practice and plagiarism prevention.
>
>
> George, this is an interesting abstract, which raises a numnber of
> points.
>
> Higher Education Institutions (HEI) can deal (and have been dealing)
> with the issue of plagiarism with increased scruitiny about the type of
> assessment that is set.
>
> However, this is only part of the overall picture. Our students are
> increasingly using the internet as a reference source, which is fine
> when this is acknowleded! Research from the USA, confirms that
> plagiarism is dramatically increasing and that fear of being caught does
> not always work effectively as a deterent, (New Study Confirms Internet
> Plagiarism is Prevalent.
> http://ur.rutgers.edu/medrel/viewARticle.html?ArticleID+3408, 8th
> October 2003). This study's sample size was very significant (i.e.
> 18.000) and it found that 38% of the undergraduates completing the
> survery indicated that they had engaged in a number of instances of cut
> and paste plagiarism without referencing the source. This would support
> the use of software tools such as powerresearcher.
>
> What are your views on this.
>
> Marie.
>
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