Susan, if a dictionary definition needs to used in an assignment, I usually write
"The Oxford
Dictionary defines xxxxx as yyyyyy" I have written many assignments over the years
and I do not
recall ever citing the book in the bibliography in these instances, and I have
never had anyone pick
me up on it. And I am talking Masters level and beyond!
Plagiarism IS copying someone else's work but the key is CLAIMING IT AS YOUR OWN.
And you do not
have to have a full-scale bibliography to avoid that.
I teach my little ones (Yr 3+) that if they cannot write the sentence better than
the original then
they can use it but they have to use quotation marks to show that someone else said
it. Just like
in their story writing, they use them to show when someone else is speaking. (But
we also discuss
what it would be like to read something that had quotation marks around every
sentence!)
At the bottom of their page, I ask them to write the title of the book that they
copied their
sentence from, so I can find the sentence. Sometimes we work together on how they
might have been
able to change it, if I suspect that it is more a lack of effort than a lack of an
alternative. And
those kids soon find that sometimes it takes longer to write the titles than the
sentence so their
brains start to kick in.
It is just a start in helping them become accountable, and we build on it over time
with a variety
of strategies and situations. But it is the attitude/ value that stealing
someone's words without
asking, is the same as stealing their bike or computer game. Hopefully, most will
take it on board.
Kia ora
Barbara
Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
Palmerston District Primary School
PALMERSTON ACT 2913
AUSTRALIA
T. 02 6205 7241
F. 02 6205 7242
E. barbara@austarmetro.com.au
W. http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]On Behalf Of Susan Fulmer
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 April 2002 11:38 PM
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> Subject: HIT: dictionary plagiarism, Thanks
>
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> Thanks!
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> In respnse to : Is it plagiarism to copy a definition
> from a dictionary
> word for word without citing it, or is that
> acceptable?
>
> 8 of 9 responses said that it is plagiarism.
>
> Thanks
>
> Susan Fulmer
> West York High School
> Librarian
> 1800 Bannister st
> York, PA 17404
> slfulmer@wyasd.k12.pa.
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