Kristina,
That's a new one for me as well. I agree with Jim's suggestion for dealing
with the problem at this point. However, I'm wondering if the reason for
the plagiarism might be in the nature of the question itself. I think the
reason I've never had any plagiarism is that my team exams are ALL
applications--often using a full-lengh feature film as a "case." Thus,
there is never an answer in the textbook (or anywhere else) for the teams
to look up. In fact, one of my rules of thumb is that I recommend NEVER
giving an assignment where it is even possible for students to "look up"
the answer. When you do, it changes the nature of the assignment from a
thinking (thus, discussing) assignment to "looking-up" assignment. Thus,
the sensible way to get it done isn't talking--it is letting the best
looker(s) complete the assignment on behalf of the team.
Larry
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Spaulding, Kristina N <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> A new situation came up this semester that I've never had to deal with.
> We had an in class assignment earlier this week. One of the teams turned
> in an answer that was taken verbatim from the textbook (with some
> rearranging). The TA caught it, talked to me, and we sent out an e-mail to
> the team members stating that we would be giving them a zero on the
> assignment. The assignment itself is for a very small portion of their
> grade, which is why I chose to simply given them a zero instead of
> something harsher.
>
> Today, I had two of the team members come in to say that they wanted to
> apologize and that they didn't realize what the team member that wrote up
> the answer was doing. They said he was writing the answer down while they
> were talking and it was pretty close to what they had been talking about
> and none of them recognized that it was from the textbook, so they all just
> signed the page. I do actually believe them (though perhaps they should
> have read his answer more closely), mostly because it was very hard for me
> to believe that an entire team would endorse copying the answer from the
> textbook. They asked what they could do and I wasn't sure how to respond
> (generally, I do not allow students to resubmit plagiarized work for a
> grade). I suggested they talk to their entire team and propose a solution
> as a team. I then said I would consider their proposal, without making any
> promises. Any suggestions on how to handle this kind of situation?
>
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