Presentation from #ACBSP2016

1. Designing Assignments to Reduce
Plagiarism in the Higher Education
Classroom
Helen MacLennan, Ph.D.
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2. Overview of the Plagiarism Problem
•Lack of Skills
•Lack of Knowledge
•Lack of Confidence
•Educating vs. Policing
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3. Tools for Educating
•Examples
•Plagiarism Quizzes
•Synthesis Rubrics
•Reference Management
•Turnitin
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4. Assignment Design
• Creative
• Unique
• Investigative
• Sequenced
• No Wrong Answer
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5. Assignment Suggestions
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6. Mindmapping
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7. Literature Review Matrix
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• Author (date)
• Research Type
• Sample
• Variables
• Findings
• Implications

8. Synthesis Paper
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• Narrow Topic
• Literature Review
• Thesis
• Support
• Refute
• Compare & Contrast

9. Trace and Evaluate
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• Original Article Sources
• Retrieve
• Read
• Review

10. Debate Prep
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• Random Selection
• Support or Refute
• Team by Opinion
• Notes
• Outline
• Literature review

11. Questions or comments?
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