Teaching plagiarism prevention to college students : an ethics-based approach

Teaching Plagiarism Prevention to College Students: An Ethics-Based Approach provides an innovative approach to plagiarism instruction by grounding it in ethics theory. By providing an ethics foundation to plagiarism instruction, this book helps the plagiarism instructor to address both unintentional and intentional plagiarism behaviors among students. This book provides tools to address why plagiarism is an important ethical issue in an academic environment. This book introduces general principles of ethics adaptable to library instruction of plagiarism in a variety of learning settings. It guides an instructor through curriculum pedagogical design drawing on library and ethics training literatures. It provides examples of materials to support the implementation of an ethical approach to plagiarism instruction. Finally, it outlines a detailed approach to assessment in order to measure changes in student reactions, learning, and behaviors as a result of this instruction. It further provides guidance in how to communicate institutional outcomes to key decision-makers.

• Figures p. ix
• Tables and Textboxes p. xi
• Preface p. xiii
• Acknowledgments p. xvii
• Part I Plagiarism: An Ethical Issue p. 1
• 1 Plagiarism Prevention Instruction: Where Did We Come From? Where Are We Going? p. 3
• 2 Thinking through the Ethics of Plagiarism: A Crash Course p. 19
• Part II Introducing Plagiarism and Ethics Awareness Training p. 33
• 3 Getting Started: Choosing Your Teaching Strategies for Plagiarism and Ethics Awareness Training p. 35
• 4 Designing Your Content: The Curricular Building Blocks of Plagiarism and Ethics Awareness Training p. 45
• 5 Putting It into Action: Implementing Plagiarism and Ethics Awareness Training in the Classroom p. 65
• Part III Assessing the Effectiveness of Your Plagiarism and Ethics Awareness Training Program p. 81
• 6 Did They Like It? Did They Learn? Assessing Student Reactions and Knowledge p. 83
• 7 Did the Training Make a Difference? Assessing Student Behavior and Organizational Results p. 97
• 8 Sharing the News: Communicating Your Training Results p. 119
• 9 Where Do We Go from Here? A Holistic Model for Plagiarism Prevention p. 127
• Appendix p. 133
• Index p. 137
• About the Authors p. 139