Is Patchwriting Plagiarism?
Let’s start with a quiz. Don’t worry, it’s only one question, and you don’t need to know what patchwriting is. However, you should have a definition of plagiarism in mind before proceeding. Below is a quote and an example of a paraphrase provided by the Walden University [read more...]
English Composition
Sourcing and Citation: A Practiced Technique
2019-03-08Sourcing and Citation: A Practiced Technique
Finding and using sources; how did you learn the process? Perhaps it was something you honed through middle school and high school, gathering information from encyclopedias and web sites and laboriously incorporating them into a paper or science project. [read more...]
Purposeful Group Work in the Classroom
2019-01-30Purposeful Group Work in the Classroom
One of the major trends in the teaching of writing is to have “group work.” In essence, this means that students work in small groups to accomplish a goal. One classroom is divided into multiple groups and then, the activity takes care of itself. Or does [read more...]