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Teaching Note—Evaluation of an Avoiding Plagiarism Workshop for Social Work Students

Pages 242-248
Accepted 01 Mar 2014
Published online: 12 Apr 2016
 
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A 1-hour workshop on how to avoid plagiarizing when writing academic papers was developed and delivered at an orientation session for BSW and MSW students at a university in the northeast United States. Six social work instructors led the workshops at the university’s main campus and two extension centers. Before and after the workshop, students read an original passage from a social work text and were asked if the material were paraphrased in four different ways would it constitute plagiarism. Pre- and posttest results indicated that the workshop increased the percentage of students who could correctly identify examples of plagiarism versus ethical writing. Implications for social work education are discussed.

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Judy Fenster

Judy Fenster is a professor at Adelphi University School of Social Work.
 

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