Piracy & Plagiarism

1. How did Ms. Prestebak discover that the high school student had taken his paper off the Internet?
-Ms. Prestebak discovered that the high school students had taken his paper off the internet by searcing the first five words of text in a search engine.

2. How has the temptation to cheat been increased by access to the Internet?
-The temptation to cheat been increased by the access to internet by giving students easier and faster access to research papers.

3. What happened at the University of Virginia with regards to this topic?
-The event that had occured at the University of Virginia with regards to this topic was
122 students are being investigated for possible plagiarism of term papers for an introductory physics course.(the website you gave me) hahaha cant say i was plagirising.

4. What did Donald McCabe’s survey reveal?
-Donal McCabe's survery reveals that More than half of the high school students surveyed admitted either downloading a paper from a Web site or copying a few sentences from a Web site without citation and just 10 to 20 percent of those surveyed acknowledged such practices.(From the website you gave me)

5. According to Cathy Aubrecht, what is a sign that a student has plagiarized?
-According to Cathy Aubrecht, some signs that a student has plagiarized is when a student doesnt do anytime of work during the research stages and out of no where come out with a magnificient paper.

6. What are some of the consequences for plagiarism?
-Some consequences for plagiarism is a stern lecture and a failig grade for high schoolers, but for college students are suspended and even expelled.

7. What are some resources that schools can use to find out if students are plagiarizing materials?
-Some resources that schools can use to find out if students are plagiarizing materials are the internet and search engines.