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Why Students Plagiarize
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Why Do Students Plagiarize? Accidental or Deliberate?

Why Do Students Plagiarize? Accidental or Deliberate?  Students plagiarize for a range of academic, emotional, and practical reasons. While plagiarism ultimately falls into accidental or deliberate categories, the underlying motivations are often more nuanced.…
Supplemental Essay
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Acing the Common App Supplemental Essay

As if completing a Common App essay wasn't enough, colleges across the United States often require additional supplemental essays (if whenever they're considered "optional" by the institution, students should always…
Online Classroom
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Avoiding Plagiarism in Online Learning

One of the most disheartening scenarios as a teacher takes place when you discover that a student plagiarized. The repercussions from reporting the student’s academic dishonesty, and the potentially stained…
Self Plagiarism
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Is Self-Plagiarism Really a Problem?

Short answer: yes. Read on to learn when and why to be concerned about plagiarizing yourself, how a plagiarism checker can help, and strategies to avoid crossing ethical lines in…
Avoiding Block Quotation
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Avoiding Block Quote Overload

Whenever I’m writing a paper, I know I’m getting tired when I start putting in tons of quotations with very little of my own writing and analysis in between. As…
Becoming a Better English Teacher
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Becoming a Better English Teacher

Can we all just take a moment and remember dear, old  Ms. Monotonous and the cranky, grump Mr. Stale? You probably know them, had them, or heard about them. They…
Cryptomnesia
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Does Cryptomnesia Excuse Plagiarism?

Recently, I heard a bizarre story highlighting how far some students have gone to pass off someone else’s work as their own. A high school English teacher had approached a…