you mention, but we also find that an emphasis on process (teachers
collecting drafts, giving feedback over time, etc.) has helped us strike
the balance between holding MS students responsible and holding their feet
to the fire, as you put it.
Our 9-12 English Dept. has, over the past few years, developed a series of
lessons we use to teach academic integrity every year. Among other
things, one lesson includes asking students to intentionally commit
certain kinds of plagiarism, explain what makes each example plagiarism in
their own words, and then correct each example. This program had reduced
the overall number of incidents of plagiarism in our Upper School
dramatically, but perhaps even more importantly, it has eliminated the "I
didn't know" or "I didn't understand" back and forth with the handful of
students who have been caught. If you would like to contact me directly,
I'd be happy to forward our materials to you. I am sure they could be
adapted for MS use. This program is not a silver bullet, but in 13 years
of teaching, it's the best system I've worked with for this thorny issue.
Good luck,
Liz Perry
Liz Perry
Berkeley Carroll School
181 Lincoln Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 534-6554
eperry@berkeleycarroll.org
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>Hi - we are currently assessing what we do across the grade levels for
>citing sources on papers and projects and would love to know what other
>schools are doing.
>
>Do you use MLA for citing sources? Is anyone using APA? If so, when do
>you introduce it? When are citing and plagiarism introduced to your
>students? Has anyone seen a list of recommendations for when it is
>developmentally appropriate (by age or grade
>level) to introduce some of the complexities of citing sources and
>avoiding plagiarism? We find that some of the concepts are difficult for
>middle schoolers to understand. We want them to be responsible but also
>don't want to hold their feet to the fire
>when they don't fully comprehend what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
>
>I do recognize that appropriate projects and assignments are a better way
>of dealing with this. We are working on it.
>
>Right now we are using MLA and Noodletools for citing sources in grades
>5-12. We are considering using something different for our high school
>students that is more closely related to what they will use at the
>college level. Does anyone use RefWorks or
>Endnote for citation in high school in order to prepare them for college?
>
>Any comments, ideas, and suggestions are welcome.
>
>Thanks - Karen
>
>Karen Douse
>Director of Library and Information Services
>Ann Scott Carell Library
>Harpeth Hall School
>615-346-0116
>douse@harpethhall.org
>
>
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