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How to Avoid Plagiarism

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Reviewed:	Apr 04, 2010 by Library and Information Services
Overview:	This is a great lesson where students can learn about and test their knowledge about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. There are 3 modules, and each module has a review section. Contains modules for quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing. At the end there is a very good test that reinforces what has been learned.
Learning Goals:	The module provides students with information about how to avoid plagiarism such as properly documenting and attributing materials and creating reference lists.
Target Student Population:	high school students, college freshmen
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:	N/A
Type of Material:	drill and practice
Recommended Uses:	This lesson could be assigned as homework for individual students to do.
Technical Requirements:	HTML and Flash

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The content provided is the standard advice given to students when teaching them how to present the ideas of others in their research papers and how to properly give the original author credit for his or her ideas. This module focuses on the APA Author-Date style for consistency but the principles presented are relevant regardless of the style manual being used. Very clear and concise. It provides a complete understanding of what plagiarism is and how to avoid it by quoting, paraphasing, or summarizing. At the end it summarizes want was learned.

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none

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Strengths:	The content is presented in a logical order from how to paraphrase or quote others' ideas to how to properly cite sources. Questions are presented throughout the tutorial to test student understanding and key concepts are visually offset from the rest of the text. Could easily be made into an assignment. It states the length of time it will take to complete the module (30 min.)
Concerns:	This tutorial is text-heavy. It is a lot of reading on the screen and may be one effective way of teaching these concepts to some students.

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Strengths:	This module is very easy to use and understand. The section called "guidelines" asks questions about what has been learned in "The Basics" section and provides immediate feedback for the student. The "Summary" section has a quiz and provides a certificate if 100% is earned.
Concerns:	None

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Peer Review

How to Avoid Plagiarism

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Overall Rating:

Evaluation and Observation

Content Quality

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty