On 25 Apr 2014, at 13:05, Schmitt, Diane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I still think all of this misses the point. Writing with fewer matched phrases is not necessarily better or more effective writing. Students need to understand not only how to paraphrase, but firstly when and why using the ideas of another is appropriate. Then they need to make a decision about whether at that point in their writing it is more appropriate to quote, summarise or paraphrase. Then they need to think about fitting that into their current text and finally, the mechanics of quotation marks, parentheses, etc.
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> Even at the formative level, Turnitin puts all the focus on the words. It's the ideas that really matter.
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> Regards
>
> Diane
>
> Diane Schmitt
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The other issue, however, is that there are a great many plagiarism checking services out there, some free, some not - students are going to find lists like http://plagiarism-checker-review.toptenreviews.com/ - and they’ll use them. Surely much better that we work with the students to get them to understand what they should be doing - and, as Dianne says, making sure they can express their ideas in academically sound ways.
Emma
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