10. How prevalent is plagiarism?
What percent of high school students said they had
plagiarized on school assignments?
• 15%
• 33%
• 50%
• 75%
Based on research done by Donald L. McCabe, Rutgers University
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12. The Four A’s of Successful
Student Projects
• Assignments that Matter
• Activities that Involve the Researcher
• Assessments that Help by Promoting
Growth and Showing Care
• Attitude (of the teacher, that is!)
From http://www.doug-johnson.com (Director of Media
and Technology in the Mankato, MN School District)
14. Providing Structure
Teaching students a research process
provides them with structure.
The Big 6 model suggests 6 steps:
•Task Definition
•Information Seeking Strategies
•Location and Access
•Use of Information
•Synthesis
•Evaluation
http://www.big6.com/
15. Provide Checkpoints
Research
Paper? You have a five
page paper due
on Oct. 22nd.
Include a
minimum of
three sources.
day 134 - 10.01.2009 - high key frustration
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16. Checkpoints Ease Frustration
Research Paper: You have a
five page paper due on Oct.
22nd. Include a minimum of
three sources.
Checkpoint #1: Thesis
statement
Checkpoint #2: Ten note cards
with at least two source cards
Checkpoint #3: Twenty note
cards with three source cards
….etc.
17. Provide a Rubric for Guidance
What is he expecting
me to do?
This is just what she wants!