{"id":1116,"date":"2012-02-15T17:16:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T22:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2012-02-15T17:18:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T22:18:09","slug":"avoiding-plagiarism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/2012\/02\/avoiding-plagiarism\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding Plagiarism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Example 1:<\/strong> Plagiarize the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word.<\/em><\/p>\n

It seems that no measure is perfect, but the estimates of value-added and other \u201cgrowth models,\u201d which attempt to isolate the \u201ctrue effect\u201d of an individual teacher through his or her students\u2019 test scores, are alarmingly error-prone in any given year.<\/p>\n

Example 2: <\/strong>Plagiarize the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, without copying it word-for-word.<\/em><\/p>\n

Evaluating teacher effectiveness, by estimating value-added or other growth models based on students test scores, is not reliable. Teacher evaluation studies in two major US cities have shown large margins of error in percentile ranking (up to 28 points plus or minus). These scores change year to year.<\/p>\n

Example 3: <\/strong>Plagiarize the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, and include a citation. Even though you cited it, paraphrasing too closely is still plagiarism.<\/em><\/p>\n

Evaluating teacher effectiveness, by estimating value-added or other growth models based on students test scores, is not reliable. Teacher evaluation studies in two major US cities have shown large margins of error in percentile ranking (up to 28 points plus or minus). These scores change year to year (Ravitch 270-71).<\/p>\n

Example 4:<\/strong> Properly paraphrase from the original text by restating the author\u2019s ideas in different words and phrases, and include a citation to the original source.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ravitch says that evaluating teacher effectiveness, by estimating value-added or other growth models based on students test scores, is not reliable. Teacher evaluation studies in two major US cities have shown large margins of error in percentile ranking (up to 28 points plus or minus). These scores change year to year (Ravitch 270-71).<\/p>\n

Example 5: <\/strong>Properly paraphrase from the original text by restating the author\u2019s ideas in different words and phrases, add a direct quote, and include a citation to the original source.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ravitch says that evaluating teacher effectiveness, by estimating value-added or other growth models based on students test scores, is not reliable. \u201cSean Corcoran, an economist at New York University, studied the teacher evaluation systems in New York City and Houston. He found that the average \u201cmargin of error\u201d of a New York City teacher was plus or minus 28 points.\u201d These scores change year to year (Ravitch 270-71).<\/p>\n

Ravitch, Diane. The Death and Life of the Great American School System<\/em>. New York: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Basic Books, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Example 1: Plagiarize the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word. It seems that no measure is perfect, but the estimates of value-added and other \u201cgrowth models,\u201d which attempt to isolate the \u201ctrue effect\u201d of an individual teacher through his or her students\u2019 test scores, are alarmingly error-prone in any given year. Example 2: … Continue reading Avoiding Plagiarism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1133,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions\/1133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}