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The very best thing we can do for our staff is to help them restructure their
assignments so that students have to use critical thinking skills rather than
reguritating information. Doug Johnson wrote a wonderful article entitled "Head
for the Edge, Copy, Paste, Plagiarize" that appeared last January. This article
really cuts to the meat of the problem. We need to provide our students with
assignments that make use of their critical thinking skills. We need to get
them to write not copy. We need to get them to think about their assignments
and write about things that are meaningful to them. Asking the right questions,
in my opinion, is one of the best things we can do for our students. It will
also eliminate the problems of plagerism. Thanks for letting me get on my soap
box! :-) Ruie
Ruie Chehak
Library Media Specialist
Metro High School
1212 7th Street SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
319-398-2193
319-398-2117 (fax)
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