Plagiarism Pattern: Cunning Cover-Up

Definition

A cunning cover-up is paraphrasing plagiarism which includes a summary of another author's ideas, but omits the citation and reference.

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.

Student Version:

Learning is promoted when first principles of instruction are implemented. Students should solve authentic problems, arranged from simple to complex.


See decision rule

For a Certification Test item that is similar to this pattern, the correct answer is:

  Word-for-word plagiarism
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  • Paraphrasing plagiarism
      Not plagiarism
    Explanation: Correct Version: Not plagiarized

    The student version is paraphrasing plagiarism because it contains a summary of another author's ideas, but the in-text citation with the author and date is missing, and the reference is missing.

     

    Merrill (2002) claims that learning is promoted when first principles of instruction are implemented. Students should solve authentic problems, arranged from simple to complex.

    Reference

    Merrill, M. D. (2002). First principles of instruction. Educational Technology Research and Development, 50(3), 43-59.

     

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