tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364292270806515455.post4043669796431966524..comments2023-06-02T04:14:30.974-06:00Comments on Amy's basic writing blog: Content MattersAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083810327473667268noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364292270806515455.post-37107465470116421892007-05-10T21:57:00.000-06:002007-05-10T21:57:00.000-06:00I don't know if it's the subjectivity, but I will ...I don't know if it's the subjectivity, but I will agree that plagiarism has to be less likely if the student knows the professor is interested in their ideas.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083810327473667268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364292270806515455.post-48226716721807011882007-05-10T20:56:00.000-06:002007-05-10T20:56:00.000-06:00Content is so subjective, that it does make it eas...Content is so subjective, that it does make it easy to want to focus on other aspects of the paper. Some students, being aware of this subjectivity, will plagiarize because they figure if someone else wrote it, it must be valid.wildcat007https://www.blogger.com/profile/16768340946591996324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364292270806515455.post-75119111633090381592007-05-09T06:42:00.000-06:002007-05-09T06:42:00.000-06:00I think it's very good for students to write about...I think it's very good for students to write about writing in a writing class--the reflection helps them learn more than if they just blindly did assignments. A lot of the material we've read (<I>Discovery of Competence</I>, "Government of da Peeps") uses reflective writing to help students come to their own conclusions about writing instead of feeding them the information.<BR/><BR/>A lot of the writing done in 110, 210, and 310 is research based anyway. The papers I've seen in the writing center for 210 and 310 are usually assigned with the instructions to write about something in your major in the style of your major. In 110 the students may not have majors, and we only teach MLA style, so they just get to pick a topic that they like, which may or may not be relevant to their future studies. But picking a topic they like does give them an opportunity to think about what they're saying instead of just how they're saying it.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083810327473667268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364292270806515455.post-61721718778473757572007-05-09T00:11:00.000-06:002007-05-09T00:11:00.000-06:00I can't imagine catching a student plagiarizing. ...I can't imagine catching a student plagiarizing. I'm not sure how I would handle it. Switching gears as bit, I do agree that in the classroom we have to teach form and presentation more than content, but it seems almost like a crazy paradox. We tell our students that the course they are taking will ultimately make them better writers in other courses, and then they get little to no instruction on content. It is hard to force content on a paper in such a class as this. Should we force our students to write about writing (Ok, a bit exaggerated, but valid nonetheless)?M.E. Maupinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16599338130856098773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8364292270806515455.post-48093047532776549492007-05-03T09:21:00.000-06:002007-05-03T09:21:00.000-06:00Wow! Well stated.Wow! Well stated.Teacher: Gabe Isackson e-mail: gisackson@spsmail.orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772582458039960555noreply@blogger.com