Issues of Legality—Cheating and Plagiarism
Everybody does it, right? Cheating and copying sometimes seem as common in schools
as paper and pencils. How prevalent is cheating? How do students feel about cheating?
Using the database eLibrary from the media homepage, find and read the following
articles then answer the questions.
Embleton, Kimberly; Helfer, Doris Small. "The Plague of Plagiarism and Academic
Dishonesty." Searcher. 01 Jun 2007. 23. eLibrary. ProQuest LLC. GWINNETT
CO PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. 14 Jul 2009.
<http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/curriculum>.
Kohn, Alfie. "Who's Cheating Whom?." Education Digest, The. 01 Jan 2008. 4. eLibrary.
ProQuest LLC. GWINNETT CO PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. 14 Jul 2009.
<http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/curriculum>.
Kellogg, Carolyn. "Web plagiarism issue catches fire; Author says lifting several
passages from Wikipedia was an editing mistake; some critics aren't satisfied."
Los Angeles Times. 25 Jun 2009. D4. eLibrary. ProQuest LLC. GWINNETT CO
PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. 14 Jul 2009.
<http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/curriculum>.
Mike Collett-White Mike Collett-White; Reuters. "Billion-dollar suit against Potter
author; Plagiarism Claim; Estate of obscure writer says ideas were copied."
National Post. 16 Jun 2009. A2. eLibrary. ProQuest LLC. GWINNETT CO
PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. 14 Jul 2009.
<http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/curriculum>.
Natasha Lindstrom Daily Press, Victorville, Calif. "Plagiarism, in-pocket texting the top
trends." McClatchy - Tribune Business News. 14 Dec 2008. eLibrary. ProQuest
LLC. GWINNETT CO PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. 14 Jul 2009.
<http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/curriculum>.
1. What is cheating?
2. What is plagiarism?
3. Why do students cheat?
Issues of Legality—Cheating and Plagiarism
4. Do all of the high profile cases of plagiarism in the media have an impact on how
students’ attitudes towards cheating?
5. Technology has been blamed for an increase in student cheating. Do you agree or
disagree?
6. How have students benefitted from technology in conducting research?
7. What can teachers do to combat cheating and plagiarism?