Question

In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.

STUDENT VERSION
Frick (1991) claims that systems, including both business systems, and educational systems, are actually very simple. The main idea is that systems "have parts that fit together to make a whole" (The nature of systems in education section, para. 1). What is further interesting to Frick is how those parts are connected together.

ORIGINAL VERSION
The concept of systems is really quite simple. The basic idea is that a system has parts that fit together to make a whole; but where it gets complicated - and interesting - is how those parts are connected or related to each other. There are many kinds of systems: government systems, health systems, military systems, business systems, and educational systems, to name a few.

Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?

(A) Word-for-Word plagiarism
(B) Paraphrasing plagiarism
(C) This is not plagiarism

Answer 1

The student's work is an example of paraphrase plagiarism because the student did not sufficiently rephrase the original material and used a phrase verbatim without correct quotation marks.

Step-by-step explanation:

The example provided in the student work is a case of paraphrase plagiarism. Although the student has rephrased some parts of the original text, the overall idea and structure are too closely aligned with the source material to be considered original work. Additionally, there is a phrase that is used verbatim without quotation marks, which should have been inside quotation marks to be proper paraphrasing. Furthermore, the student did not bring originality or a personal understanding into the paraphrased content, which is crucial to avoid plagiarism and to maintain one's own voice when integrating information from different sources.

Answer 2

C. This is not plagiarism

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's version is not plagiarism, because he didn't just copy the text from the original work without mentioning the author. He mentioned the author at the beginning of the passage as well as mentioned the year of publishing - Frick (1991) claims that systems, including both business systems, and educational systems, are actually very simple.

He didn't paraphrase the text and put it as his work, he cited the author's words, even mentioning the paragraphs where he had taken them from - The main idea is that systems "have parts that fit together to make a whole" (The nature of systems in education section, para. 1).

To prove my answer, there are needed definitions:

Word-for-Word plagiarism - a text or parts of a text are copied literally from the original work without mentioning the author. The missing quotation marks in the passages, or indention of an author.

Paraphrasing plagiarism - a text paraphrased in your own words without acknowledging the author.

I hope it helped you :)