David Wasieleski, Ph.D. wrote:
> Excellent job! I plan to provide students in my classes with
> a link to this part of your site so they can access it and use it. Trying
to
> get them to understand that plagiarism of IDEAS is as important to avoid
> as plagiarism of words is a challenge, and you do this nicely.
Thanks. As always, I'd be interested in hearing any student feedback. Oh,
and you might point out to your students that some authors use the term
'paraphrase' differently. In my site, 'paraphrase' refers to properly
putting someone else's ideas into your own words. It's a good thing. But
some other authors use the term 'paraphrase' to refer to merely changing a
word here and there (what I label "an inadequate paraphrase"). Using that
definition, a paraphrase is a bad thing. We agree on what you should do, but
disagree on whether 'paraphrase' is the proper label for it. (I'm thinking
specifically of Randy Smith and Steve Davis, in their excellent text
_Psychologist as Detective_, which I use in Experimental Psychology).
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
