CARS outline

Lauren Leasure

CARS outline

ENC 1102 Section 105

4/ 13/09

How has the use of online databases affected the use of plagiarism in college students?

Move One:

This subject has an obvious importance to college students and teachers. Since the internet has come into play more and more, some college students turn to cheating more often. Teachers jobs now have added difficulty trying to make sure their students work is actually their own. Plagiarism is unacceptable in college students. But since the internet has become such a phenomena plagiarism has risen to new levels and become more difficult to detect. In the research I have found, a large percent of college students admit they have plagiarized off the internet.

Move Two:

Continuing on with the traditional studies, I have continued looking into the perspective of college students who turn to plagiarism. Studies have taken on this subject before and provided me with a lot of information. I am also looking into teachers perspectives of how they learn to detect plagiarism. Websites like Turnitin.com has really become a huge help and many teachers are now using this to help stop the use of plagiarism. I am going to look into previous studies done in college atmospheres and use those studies to help back up my thoughts.

Move Three:

The purpose of this essay is to determine how the internet has affected plagiarism, why college students plagiarize, and what teachers are doing to stop it. I have found many studies online to help me determine the answer to all these questions. I have found reasons, consequences, and new ways to detect. In my essay I will have statistics of the surveys taken by college students, opinions of students and teachers, and reasons students turn to plagiarism. Its obvious students feel its easier to just copy and paste from the internet but as more college students are getting expelled and kicked out of school, they are realizing some times it’s just not worth the risk.