MTEL Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Category - Digital Lit and CS

A teacher has instructed students working on a research project to maintain separate files for their own writing and excerpts from outside sources. The teacher notices that a student has cut and pasted an academic journal excerpt into the file intended for their own writing. After instructing the student to move the excerpt to the file intended for outside sources, which of the following scenarios illustrates the best way to respond ethically in this situation?
  1. Sharing this information with the student's other teachers so that they can reinforce appropriate use of resources.
  2. Guiding the student away from the journal and toward similar open-access articles and works in the public domain.
  3. Showing the student how to cite the journal article while describing basic copyright guidelines.
  4. Instructing the student to sufficiently paraphrase the excerpt so that it does not need to be cited.
Explanation
Correct Response: C. If the student believes that the excerpt may be useful to the research project, the teacher should instruct the student in the ethical use of the excerpt. A is incorrect because rather than involving other teachers, the teacher should take advantage of this learning opportunity to cover proper citation methods. B is incorrect because there is no reason to guide the student away from the journal since it can be used with proper citation. D is incorrect because to sufficiently paraphrase the excerpt in order to avoid the need for citation is not an ethical option.
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