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About K12HSN Turnitin Survey Ranks Forms of Plagiarism Thursday, May 10th, 2012 Turnitin, a company that develops plagiarism detection and prevention tools, has released the results of a survey that identifies 10 types of plagiarism and ranks them according to frequency and severity. The survey included educators at the middle and high school and post-secondary levels. Turnitin assigns a clever name to each of the 10 types of plagiarism to make them easier to understand and discuss. Blatant plagiarism, or the act of copying somebody else's work word-for-word, is called cloning, and according to the educators surveyed, it is both the most common and problematic form of plagiarism. Read more... By: Leila Meyer theJOURNAL |
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