James S. MacDonall wrote:
>
> I follow a similar approach. I deduct points for quotations. They
> 'can' quote but they do not. I use the same rationale -- I'm grading
> them, not the author of the quote.
Slowly I'm learning..... this semester I spent time discussing
plagiarism, doing class exercises on how to quote and paraphrase.
Unfortunately (?) several students interpreted this as "as long as I'm
quoting in APA style, it's ok"-- I have more than one paper that is
nearly entirely quotes-- and many are not in APA style either.
I've decided next semester to add to my ever-growing syllabus a limit of
3 quotes in their papers or a grade reduction.
Its nice to see that I'm not the only one struggling with this.
Tara
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Tara L. Kuther, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT 06810
(203) 837-8694
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