Grad Students Plagiarize…Accidently
George M. Bodner
A recent study by George M. Bodner, Ph.D, a chemistry Professor at Purdue University, sought to elucidate why students cheat and what can be done about it. The results of the study revealed that students aren’t as devious as once thought, and that “cheating” often times comes as a result of ignorance on proper citation and what constitutes plagiarism. Bodner studied graduate students involved with LANGURE, a group of student and professors involved in developing model curriculum in the areas of science, engineering and various other fields. Results revealed that students at the graduate level have not been taught how to carefully edit, cite and evaluate their own written work. Bodner blames undergraduate professors for not assigning enough written work and then not taking the time to properly assess their student’s written work.
Many graduate level students look towards Paper Masters in order to avoid these issues of plagiarism. In a recent discussion with one graduate student that was looking to order a research paper, the student stated that the sole purpose for searching out help and a model research paper was to have a sample of exactly how to cite properly.
Citation is confusing but as Thomas Holmes, director of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Exams Institute, stated in regards to Bodner’s study: “I usually tell students if it’s more than four words you better be quoting them”. Great advice to live and trust your academic career on when writing a research paper at any level.
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Visit the following link to see a video with the researchers on plagiarism during the ACS National Meeting
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1293374
Fabulous! Thanks much…this is great. Very interesting!