Cat and Mouse

It would seem that this New York Times article about cheating misses the point to some extent. It’s not about whether a student cheats, it’s about whether a student recognizes that what they are doing is cheating. Much of the discussion I’ve been involved in has been in the context of writing, and has centered on hashing out the minutiae of what constitutes cheating, or plagiarism.

When Turnitin.com or SafeAssign brings back a report after you’ve run a student’s paper through their program, what often happens is that you’ll find a student has failed to appropriately cite, not that they were purposefully aiming to pawn off someone else’s work as their own.

I like how The New York Times characterizes it all as a cat and mouse game. Perhaps a better example is this…