Alternatives to Plagiarism: Teaching Critical Reading Skills

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Moore Howard

Conference on Learning and Teaching

SUNY-Oswego

11 October 2003

Outline:

1. Anecdote from interviews with recent college grads about workplace writing: importance of teaching critical analysis & synthesis
2. Review of research on the incidence of plagiarism: high but not rising
3. Review of reasons for plagiarism:
1. Shaky ethics
2. Lack of engagement in course materials
3. Insufficient critical reading skills
4. Techniques for teaching critical reading skills:
1. Pedagogical rather than judicial approaches to patchwriting
2. Advanced summary-writing techniques