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.
Original Source Material

Student Version

Because computer systems exhibit performative intelligence, we can teach them to do tasks. It is this very capability that makes it possible to use computers as an interactive medium for instruction and learning. It is interaction which sets computers systems apart from other media such as books, television, and film. However, present-day computers literally do not understand the culturally bound meanings of the messages which they manipulate during these interactions because such computers lack qualitative intelligence.

References:
Frick, T. (1997). Artificially intelligent tutoring systems: what computers can and can't know. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 16(2), 107-124.

According to Frick (1997), computer systems demonstrate performative intelligence, when compared to other media such as books, television, and film. Computers can be programmed to do things. This feature of computer systems makes them an alternative medium for instruction and learning. However, he claims that computer systems lack the ability to understand the meaning of messages they send and receive during interaction with students and teachers.

References:
Frick, T. (1997). Artificially intelligent tutoring systems: what computers can and can't know. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 16(2), 107-124.

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

Word-for-Word plagiarism

Paraphrasing plagiarism

This is not plagiarism

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer to the request: 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, would be: Paraphrasing plagiarism.

Explanation:

Plagiarism is unfortunately a very common mistake in writers, of any kind. Basically, plagiarism appears when a writer takes the original ideas from another and uses them, either word-for-word, without using the appropriate quotation marks, or simply states the same ideas of the original author, and only adds a few words and ideas of his own. In this case, in the student version, the student uses several literal words from the original text, and does not properly give the credit, and he fills the rest with some of his words. In correct paraphrasing, in order not to committ plagiarism, the credit must still be given and the words used to paraphrase the original idea have to be different in every respect from the original. If certain "concepts" need to be used because they cannot be paraphrased, then quotation marks need to be used and in-text citation must be properly done, aside from the credit given on the reference page.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is "This is not plagiarism".

Explanation:

The student version cannot be considered plagiarism because it provides the reference to Frick (1997) and also synthesizes the main ideas from the original version with no literal paraphrasing and word-for-word repetition. Although some informations in the student version may seem paraphrases from the original version, they are rather necessary informations that cannot be changed or left unsaid just because they work as clear examples and arguments. The student version sounds like a simplified and interpreted version of the original one with a reference very well done.