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? > > _________________________________________ > > Kristina N. Spaulding > > Doctoral candidate > > Gallup lab > > Department of Psychology > > University at Albany > > HU B68-E > > 442-4786 > > OH: Tue 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM > > Fri 1:00 - 2:30 > > > > -- ******************************* Larry K. Michaelsen, Professor of Management Dockery 400G, University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 660/543-4315 voice, 660/543-8465 fax For info on: Team-Based Learning (TBL) <www.teambasedlearning.org> Integrative Business Experience (IBE) <http://ucmo.edu/IBEl<http://faculty.ucmo.edu/ibe/home.html> > *******************************