Question

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

Original Source Material:
To summarize, the elaboration model of instruction starts by presenting knowledge at a very general or simplified level in the form of a special kind of overview. Then it proceeds to add detail or complexity in "layers" across the entire breadth of the content of the course (or curriculum), one layer at a time, until the desired level of detail or complexity is reached.

Student Version:
They soon switched to a model based on the elaboration theory (Reigeluth, 1999). Using this approach, the game would begin with a level that offered the simplest version of the whole task (the epitome); subsequent levels would become increasingly more complex--an approach common to videogames--with opportunities for review and synthesis.

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

c. This is not plagiarism

Step-by-step explanation:

From the above the student makes sure to offer his own explanation and not simply rearranging the same words used by the original author(paraphrasing plagiarism). The student also makes sure to reference his work for example where he cites the author "Reigeluth, 1999". This is not plagiarism because student referenced original author while also not copying his work word for word(although if copied word for word could also be referenced properly and not be plagiarism)