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One of the approaches being used by educators to detect instances of plagiarism is to simply type (or copy and paste) suspect phrases into a Web browser such as Google and see what matches result. Some institutions and/or individual teachers are also electing to use premium services such as TurnItIn.com for this purpose, but these services are relatively expensive and require a significant amount of time to complete their processing, particularly for larger projects. Whatever approach is used, if a student is determined to be guilty of plagiarism, the next question concerns how best to resolve the situation. Many institutions simply dismiss the students while others may place them on academic probation and require them to redo the assignment, but these may not be the best approaches to preventing future acts (Willen, 2004). The best approach, Willen suggests, is to ensure that all students are provided with the instruction they need to avoid acts of plagiarism early on in their college careers and to provide them with the tools they need to become proficient writers who are not tempted to steal when they already possess a treasure trove of wealth that just needs to be shared properly.
Conclusion
The research showed that the Internet has introduced new opportunities for researchers and writers, but it has also introduced new temptations for some students...
While some students may commit acts of plagiarism inadvertently, the research was consistent in emphasizing that most appear to recognize when they have crossed the line but chose to do so anyway for a variety of reasons, including conflicting deadlines for assignments, the ease with which such acts can be accomplished and a sense of "getting over" and "beating the system." In the final analysis, plagiarism is certainly not a new phenomenon on the nation's campuses, but all signs indicate that its prevalence is increasing. In order to prevent the act in the first place, it is important to provide students with clear definitions of what constitutes plagiarism in the first place and to ensure that they understand the consequences for violating these requirements.
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