Click on the following links. Please note these will open in a new window.

Article 1: Landau, J. D., Druen, P. B., &Arcuri, J. A. (2002). Methods for helping students avoid plagiarism. Teaching of Psychology, 29(2), 112-115.

Summary: The authors conducted a study where undergraduates were exposed to plagiarism identification and proper paraphrasing skills accompanied by feedback, examples, examples and feedback, or no examples or feedback. Participants in all conditions except the no examples or feedback performed better identifying plagiarism and knowledge of plagiarism.

Learning Objectives: Writing: Avoiding Plagiarism

Questions to Consider

1. What is plagiarism? What are the consequences of plagiarism?
2. How can examples of plagiarism along with paraphrasing skills improve recognition and knowledge of plagiarism?
3. How should faculty approach deliberate versus accidental plagiarism?
    

Article 2: Landrum, R. E. (2013). Writing in APA Style: Faculty perspectives of competence and importance. Psychology of Learning and Teaching, 12(3), 259-265.

Summary: The author discusses the results of a survey of faculty regarding the APA writing skills of students. The author asked beliefs about the importance of 73 writing skills and the performance of students on these skills. The results of the survey found that there is a gap between specific skills that are rated as highly important and student performance on those skills.

Learning Objective: Sections and Formatting

Questions to Consider

1. List and describe several of the important writing skills identified by the author? How do students perform on these skills?
2. What are some writing skills identified by the author that you are unfamiliar with and think you may struggle with?
3. What recommendations would you give professors to help them teach you these writing skills?