{"id":3335,"date":"2013-02-13T16:02:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T21:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/?p=3335"},"modified":"2013-02-13T16:02:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T21:02:53","slug":"avoiding-plagiarism-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/2013\/02\/avoiding-plagiarism-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding Plagiarism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Example 1:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Example 2:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, without copying it word-for-word.<\/p>\n<p>If a teacher gets a specific ranking in his or her first year it is probable that he or she will score differently the following year. \u00a0These rankings will always be unstable, and only some of them will reflect serious performance changes.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>If a teacher gets a specific ranking in his or her first year it is probable that he or she will score differently the following year. \u00a0These rankings will always be unstable, and only some of them will reflect real performance changes (Ravitch 270).<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Generally, the ranking a given educator achieves after their first assessment is not indicative of future rankings, as only a portion of these scores can be relied upon to demonstrate the teacher&#8217;s true progress &#8211; or lack thereof (Ravitch 270).<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Generally, the ranking a given educator achieves after their first assessment is not indicative of future rankings. These scores are widely considered to be unreliable, and only some of these rankings &#8220;will reflect &#8216;real&#8217; performances changes&#8221; (Ravitch 270).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Works Cited<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ravitch, Diane.\u00a0<em>The Death and Life of the Great American School System<\/em>. New York:<br \/>\nBasic, 2011. 270-71. Print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Example 1:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word. 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. Example 2:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by paraphrasing its structure too &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/2013\/02\/avoiding-plagiarism-9\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Avoiding Plagiarism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":464,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335"}],"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\/464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3341,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335\/revisions\/3341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}