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Bridge over troubled water*: a literacy approach to using Turnitin
Critical Intersections: the 12th Biennial Conference of the Association for Academic Language and Learning, University of Wollongong 25-27th November 2015
Tess Snowball, Vivien Silvey, Thuy DoAcademic Skills and Learning Centre
* Our thanks to Simon and Garfunkel.
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Swaps views between report and marker’s comments
Shows the matching text in the original source.
Overall similarity percentage
Detail about matched sources. Numbered and colour coded.
Identified match, linked with the match overview.
The similarity report
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Research question 1
To what extent can a literacy approach reduce students’ anxiety about plagiarism?
A literacy approach to using Turnitin
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Research question 2
To what extent can a literacy approach to Turnitin that uses active learning resources and scaffolded activities develop students’ understanding of academic integrity?
We focus on three areas• Quoting• Paraphrasing• Summarising
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Research question 3
How can a literacy approach to Turnitin enhance students’ authorial voice?
Authorial voice achieved by:• Establishing individual writer identity • Distinguishing their own ideas from others’• Sound paraphrasing practices
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Key findings
1. Students’ attitudes changed from concern to positivity2. A literacy approach can assist students to develop
citation practices, but educators need to recognise that it takes students time to master these skills
3. Turnitin can in some areas be used to improve students’ authorial voice
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Academic integrityDistinguishing your ideas (locating yourself) in an ethically responsible way.
ReferencingAcknowledging others and differentiating yourself.
Academic writingFinding and planning your argument as the means of locating yourself in a community of scholars.
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Academic integrity• Workshop• TLAs
Referencing• Workshop• TLAs• Annotated bibliography• Feedback• 1-1 tutorial
Academic writing• Series of workshops• TLAs• Essay draft plus final • Feedback• 1-1 tutorial
Ongoing resources – online and hardcopy
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Good42%
Rudimentary33%
Little or none 25%
Prior understanding of academic integrity
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Concerned about plagiarising
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Had good prior experience with Turnitin
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Turnitin has helped meunderstand
Turnitin helps my writing Activities were effective Not concerned about plagiarism
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Post course attitudes
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Positive experience using Turnitin over the semester
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Annotated bibliography
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Draft essay
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Final essay
Analysis of text matches in originality reports
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Authorial voice in topic sentences: draft vs. final
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Educators could consider:
1. Ongoing support, advice and active learning resources2. Embedding Turnitin within ALL teaching3. Low-stakes scaffolded activities4. Training for staff and students on interpreting matches5. Using Turnitin to develop authorial voice
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Thank you!
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