Plagiarism Pattern: Devious Dupe
Definition
A devious dupe is a word-for-word plagiarist who takes text from the original source with no proper acknowledgement. Another part of the text taken is properly quoted and cited, as it should be, giving the appearance of a correct quote.
Original Source Material: Five first principles are elaborated: (a) Learning is promoted when learners are engaged in solving real-world problems. (b) Learning is promoted when existing knowledge is activated as a foundation for new knowledge. (c) Learning is promoted when new knowledge is demonstrated to the learner. (d) Learning is promoted when new knowledge is applied by the learner. (e) Learning is promoted when new knowledge is integrated into the learner’s world. Reference Merrill, M. D. (2002). First principles of instruction. Educational Technology Research and Development, 50(3), 43-59.
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Student Version: Merrill (2002) claims that learning is promoted when learners are engaged in solving real-world problems. He further says, "learning is promoted when existing knowledge is activated as a foundation for new knowledge, ... new knowledge is demonstrated to the learner, ... new knowledge is applied by the learner, and ... when new knowledge is integrated into the learner’s world" (p. 43). Reference Merrill, M. D. (2002). First principles of instruction. Educational Technology Research and Development, 50(3), 43-59.
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For a Certification Test item that is similar to this pattern, the correct answer is:
| Word-for-word plagiarism | |
| Paraphrasing plagiarism | |
| Not plagiarism |
| Explanation: | Correct Version: Not plagiarized |
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The student version is word-for-word plagiarism because seven or more words are copied from the source, and there are no quotation marks around copied text in the first sentence. The first sentence appears to be a paraphrase, when in fact it includes a direct quote. The remainder of the text taken has quotation marks around it to indicate these are Merrill's words, as it should. While the overall citation includes the author, date, and locator, and reference, some of the text in the student version is still plagiarized. Note that the ellipses (...) indicate where words are omitted from the original source in the direct quote. |
Merrill (2002) claims that "learning is promoted when learners are engaged in solving real-world problems." He further says, "learning is promoted when existing knowledge is activated as a foundation for new knowledge, ... new knowledge is demonstrated to the learner, ... new knowledge is applied by the learner, and ... when new knowledge is integrated into the learner’s world" (p. 43). Reference Merrill, M. D. (2002). First principles of instruction. Educational Technology Research and Development, 50(3), 43-59. |
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