How to Avoid Plagarism

Plagiarism is a rather hot button issue in the Educational System. For years, many students have gotten rather lazy with their homework. Some of them think that they will be able to blatantly copy the work of others. Some students even arrogantly assume they will be able to get away with something as blatant as turning in an exact copy. Yet each and every time, students will get busted.

In this day and age, it is nearly impossible for a student to get away with plagiarism. Online websites can cross reference words and a certain percentage of similar content may raise alarm bells. This factor will prompt teachers to look into work.

Now let us discuss plagiarism just a bit more.

Plagiarism and How to Avoid It.

We break this issue down into three simple questions. First, the question of what plagiarism is should be asked. Second of all, what a student can do to avoid plagiarism? Finally, there needs to be a question of what schools are doing to crack down?

So what is plagiarism? More or less, plagiarism is the art of using copied ideas without attribution. Or in layman’s terms, they write down everything word for word. When a student does research, they will need to draw from a different source materials.

How can can students avoid plagiarism? This question is more simple than one might think. Students should familiarize themselves with the style they are writing in. The instructors will likely given that fact before they set you upon the assignment. Note down every idea you might use and the source which it comes from . Even if certain ideas do not make the final product, it will still be useful to write them down.

The one out of five rule should be adhered to. Every fact you borrow you should back up with four sentences that contain your own words. The fact should be written in the words of the student at hand. If the writer is allowed to choose, they should choose a topic they are familiar with. So research is not relied upon heavily.

What are schools doing to crack down on plagiarism? Online services such as turnitin.com have been used by schools in their attempts to crack down on the problem. Students are required to sign up there and submit their work. If a certain number of words are matched, then there is an investigation.

One final word to the wise, there may be false positives. Students have gotten busted for inadvertent plagiarism or plagiarizing themselves. It may seem odd but these two incidents have occurred.

So it has been discussed that plagiarism is the art of blatant copying of ideas, especially not in your own words. It has been discussed what the student can do to avoid this. Finally, the ways teachers and schools are cracking down on it were also discussed.