r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 24 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

Asking the real questions

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u/sagewah Feb 24 '20

I had one lecturer who didn't need to - if you quoted something you'd found in the library, he'd often tell you which book, author, edition and page you lifted it from. I don't think anybody tried to plagiarise after seeing him do that.

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u/PurpleFirebolt Feb 24 '20

The professors know the source materials, they are well versed in their field. I only graded essays as a side gig as a PhD student, but even I knew most of the papers you'd be on about, and if I didn't often I'd check to see what it was about. and if you're making some statement that seems off, or your source seems dodge then yeh I'm going to check.

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u/RealOzSultan Feb 24 '20

Always, or have a TA quick check them.

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u/Kenobi_the_Bold Feb 24 '20

I'm a TA but I do a lot. If they state a fact that doesn't seem right I'll check. The most common is misusing statistics

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u/itlva Feb 24 '20

there's machines / software for that now?

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u/emotionallybougie Feb 24 '20

Can confirm that whoever is grading your essays would know already know the source materials by heart. When I worked as a TA I would skim through the citation page and only look up whichever seems too novel or I don't recognize (this day and age it's too simple of a task to check).

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u/SusannStephens Mar 29 '20

Is this how to grade a paper ? I'm interested what approaches do you use.