Re:Plagiarism detectors are a crutch, and a problem
by nordicway on Thursday March 28, 2019 @03:28PM
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This is really nothing new. "Ethical problems will never be resolved by a software tool" [1]
The author uses a straw man argument that plagiarism detection software promises to "replace the professor" when in fact, it is just a tool.
Besides, there are highly sophisticated ways of cheating that even a professor would not catch reliably. I wrote my undergrad thesis about plagiarism and it was interesting to learn that there are students who are highly motivated to "beat the system" instead of doing the task properly.
The author uses a straw man argument that plagiarism detection software promises to "replace the professor" when in fact, it is just a tool.
Besides, there are highly sophisticated ways of cheating that even a professor would not catch reliably. I wrote my undergrad thesis about plagiarism and it was interesting to learn that there are students who are highly motivated to "beat the system" instead of doing the task properly.
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248606848_Support_f...