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It can also be used by students to check if they have paraphrased referenced work well enough before they submit it. Of course, a cynic might argue it can be used by students to check if they've got away with plagiarism. In this situation one's rodent detector still remains as an effective way to find plagiarism.
Jon
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From: A forum for critical and radical geographers on behalf of Ian Gordon
Sent: Fri 4/2/2010 12:34 PM
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And, to endorse David's point about Turnitin as just a tool, it doesn't
actually pick up everything that is available on the internet - there
are some important exceptions which I will not mention - or (where
multiple versions of some text exist on the web) indicate how much of a
piece of work might actually have been derived from a single source.
In my experience, though it can save a lot of effort, the traditional
tools of 'smelling a rat' and following up with a web search engine are
also still invaluable, in identifying the scale of potential plagiarism,
and interpreting what lies behind the symptoms that Turnitin reports.
Best,
Ian
Ian Gordon
Department of Geography and Environment
London School of Economics
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Sent: 01 April 2010 19:52
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Dear Paul,
The program doesn't. It's just a tool that aids a human being who knows
the field to do the actual investigation into a possible plagiarism
case. (I speak as a chair of exams who has used it a lot.)
Regards,
David
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Dr David Lambert
Reader in Historical Geography
Royal Holloway, University of London
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From: A forum for critical and radical geographers on behalf of Paul H.
Sent: Thu 01/04/2010 19:11
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Subject: Re: Turnitin
Great question. How does the program differentiate between cliche
phrases and often entextualized discourse and actual plagiarism? What
portion of the final score is actual plagiarism?
Paul
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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 18:50:04 +0100
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Subject: Turnitin
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Can anyone advise me what is the current collective wisdom on Turnitin?
(Shame there's not a programme called Leaveitout, I reckon)
Dr Kelvin Mason
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