Analysis of Scholarly Articles on an Issue in My Field
Issue – Plagiarism in the Digital Age
National Council of Teachers of English. National Council of Teachers of English. 27 November 2013. Document. 17 October 2014.
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The National Council of Teachers of English focuses on plagiarism in this article but also touches on other issues like citation and why students would plagiarize. There is a good flow of ideas in the article, and the sentences are well structured. Additionally, the words used and their combination makes it easy and appealing to read. The article has useful information on plagiarism and opens avenues for reducing its occurrence.
Ebony, Elizabeth and Sassi, Kelly. "An Ethical Dilemma: Talking about Plagiarism and Academic Integrity in the Digital Age." English Journal (2014): 1-30. pdf.
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This digital age has become every teacher’s nightmare. When you are going through a student’s argumentative essay, you can almost predict the student’s drift. Soon you start realizing that you read the same thing before in a newspaper or on a computer. Such a student would have to face a fail in accordance to school policies. This digital age provides an opportunity to look into the implementation of anti-plagiarism policies and the challenges that teachers face. Most schools have had to use plagiarism checking software as ‘policing’ policies.
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Ebony is a teacher and a member of the National Council of Teachers of English. In her article, she highlights the challenges that teachers have to bear in this age of technology. She also highlights some of the harsh punishments that students have to bear because they have been taught on proper citation. The article is systematically written. The vocabulary used is easy to understand. This article provides information that is useful for policy review and amendment.
Gabriel, Trip. Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age. 1 August 2012. Document. 17 October 2014.
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Manaslu, Bista. Plagiarism: Is the Digital Age becoming its number one accomplice? 9 February 2013. Document. 17 October 2014.
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Internet and the articles that are in it is like air that everyone breathes. It belongs to everyone. Current students who have grown in the cyber age seem to think that internet has information that is free for everyone to take and use as they wish. Plagiarism has, therefore, become of concern, but detection services like Turnitin are keeping it at bay.
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