{"id":1282,"date":"2012-02-17T17:57:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T22:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2012-02-18T14:32:47","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T19:32:47","slug":"plagiarism-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/2012\/02\/plagiarism-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Plagiarism Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Example 1:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word.<\/p>\n

So, a teachers who has ranked at the 43rd percentile compared to his or her peers might actually be anywhere between the 15th percentile and the 71st percentile. The value-added scores also fluctuate between years.<\/p>\n

Example 2:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, without copying it word-for-word.<\/p>\n

There will always be unsteadiness in these rankings, some of which will mirror \u201creal\u201d performance changes. But it is hard to trust any performance rating if the probability of getting the same rating next year is no better than a coin toss.<\/p>\n

Example 3:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, and include a citation. Even though you cited it, paraphrasing too closely is still plagiarism.<\/p>\n

No calculation is just right, but the approximations of value-added and other \u201cgrowth models,\u201d which attempt to separate the \u201ctrue effect\u201d of an individual teacher through his or her students\u2019 test scores are frighteningly error-prone in any given year. Sean Corcoran, an economist at New York University, observed 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 (The Death and Life of the Great American School System)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Example 4:\u00a0Properly paraphrase\u00a0from the original text by restating the author\u2019s ideas in different words and phrases, and include a citation to the original source.<\/p>\n

A teacher’s ranking compared to her students test scores is not always accurate. \u00a0The students could have high test scores and still have a subpar teacher. \u00a0There is a lot of error in the data that tries to explain that a teachers rankings is in correlation with her students (The Death and Life of the Great American School System).<\/em><\/p>\n

Example 5:\u00a0Properly paraphrase\u00a0from 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.<\/p>\n

A teacher’s ranking compared to her students test scores is not always accurate. \u00a0The students could have high test scores and still have a subpar teacher. \u00a0There is a lot of error in the data that tries to explain that a teachers rankings is in correlation with her students, “The value-added scores also fluctuate between years. A teacher who gets a particular ranking in year one is likely to get a different ranking the next year. There will always be instability in these rankings, some of which will reflect \u201creal\u201d performance changes. But it is difficult to trust any performance rating if the odds of getting the same rating next year are no better than a coin toss,” (The Death and Life of the Great American School System).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Example 1:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word. So, a teachers who has ranked at the 43rd percentile compared to his or her peers might actually be anywhere between the 15th percentile and the 71st percentile. The value-added scores also fluctuate between years. Example 2:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, … Continue reading Plagiarism Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"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\/1282"}],"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\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1284,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions\/1284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}