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What is Paraphrasing

Chapter 41
Handbook of Research on Applied Learning Theory and Design in Modern Education
Presenting ideas of an author using different language instruments (words, sentence structure etc.). Ideally, it should express understanding author’s ideas by the writer with a proper citation of the source.
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Strategies and Technologies for Preventing Plagiarism in Modern Higher Education: War against Today's Plagiarists or Nurturing Tomorrow's Talents
Anton V. Dolzhenko (Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia), Tahir Mehmood Khan (Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia), and Anna V. Dolzhenko (Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9634-1.ch041
Abstract
In today's higher education, plagiarism can be ranked as one of the top challenges to academic honesty and integrity. Defining plagiarism itself is another challenging issue as it is transcribed in different manners and practices depending on cultures and institutes. This chapter aims to define plagiarism in context of culture, student perceptions and according to different university policies and procedures adopted around the globe. Plagiarism comes under review not only as an individual's misconduct but more as a symptom of an eroded academic culture. The treatment of this symptom is discussed from point of view of two sometimes competing strategies. One of them is based on the formal side of the problem and uses as tools policy, detection (using specialized software), and punishments (PDP) to abolish plagiarism. Another one focuses on trust, education, and assessments (TEA) as points of intervention with the aim to improve academic integrity and negate plagiarism.
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Chapter 43
Education Can be Gained from Errors: Why Plagiarism Should Be Used as a Learning Opportunity for College Students
This seems like a straightforward concept, but paraphrasing thwarts many students because they believe that paraphrasing only requires copying information and using a thesaurus to change the major words. To paraphrase properly without plagiarizing however, the passage must be written in the student’s own words and writing style, and the source must still be cited. Paraphrasing is an essential part of writing a good paper, but it must be done correctly in order to be effective and so that the student is not charged with plagiarism.
Published in Chapter: Education Can be Gained from Errors: Why Plagiarism Should Be Used as a Learning Opportunity for College Students; From: Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education
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