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May 2008, Vol. 11 No. 2
Plagiarism
This issue of CDTL Brief on Plagiarism features some issues and concerns about plagiarism discussed during a CDTL workshop on plagiarism in October 2007.

Some Problems with Plagiarism
Associate Professor John Richardson
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Experience of interviewing student plagiarists suggests that many are confused about what they have done wrong. Their responses vary from brazen denial to contrition, but perhaps the most common reaction is baffled incomprehension. These students insist, sometimes tearfully, that they simply did not know that what they did was cheating. Of course, some of those who say this may simply be spinning a clever line, but others are genuine, and genuinely confused.

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Turnitin
Associate Professor Brian Farrell
Department of History

Three years ago, many members of our department started using the Turnitin software purchased by the university. Turnitin is an information technology-based resource faculty members can use to try to combat plagiarism. Undergraduate plagiarism entered a new and more challenging phase with the spread of the Internet.

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Plagiarism in Chemistry Education
Dr Adrian Michael Lee
Department of Chemistry
“Plagiarize, Let no one’s work evade your eyes!”
Lyrics from Lobachevsky by
Thomas Andrew Lehrer (1951)

The majority of scientific research is funded by the public purse and frequently, this research is called upon to inform both national and international policy. The need for probity is absolute if public confidence in science is to be maintained. Plagiarism is but one aspect of the betrayal that scientists can perpetrate on their colleagues and the public at large. During an undergraduate student’s education, the socialisation of unethical behaviour, of which plagiarism forms a large part, has significant repercussions for that individual’s professional conduct after leaving university.

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Notes on Plagiarism: Did I Do It?
Dr Annett Schirmer
Department of Psychology
Presenting the ideas of others as one’s own is considered academic misconduct and typically punished not just at NUS but in academia in general. To discourage students from plagiarising, NUS outlines the academic consequences of detected plagiarism on its websites and encourages lecturers to discuss plagiarism during classes.

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