[TheTallOne]

I've known some (more experienced) teachers at my school who turned one of their students in for copying. A 'dodgy sentence' can be googled and found and they got 0 for that component.

[DreamGirlx]

Yes i think it should be banned, if people can't write their own coursework then they should ask for help off a teacher or an older pupil rather than practically copying someone elses.
If someone finds gcse's so difficult that they can't even write their own cw (coursework that really isn't that difficult in hindsight) then that should be shown in their grades at results day, otherwise that grade they get is not indicatory of their intelligence or aptitude for the subject (subjects where cw provides quite a high proportion of the overall grade).. well thats what I think anyway, but isn't cw being scrapped for most gcses and a-levels anyway?

[BrightGirl]

Yes. I would never submit my work, because tbh, it's 99% only used for copying + rewording.

[reems23]

(Original post by menaa-x)
im scared of bein done for plagerism.
I guess its ok if you use it for reference and ideas but its not right to copy the whole essay
But then again you dont know what its mark is it could be worth a really crap mark, so your kind of using it at your own risk.

You would not use coursework.info for referencing.

[menaa-x]

(Original post by reems23)
You would not use coursework.info for referencing.

are we thinking the same kind of referencing here?

[gyyy2807]

no.

[reems23]

(Original post by menaa-x)
are we thinking the same kind of referencing here?

Probably not. I'm talking about formal referencing.

[amani-puresapphire]

(Original post by Tomber)
I'm very uncomfortable with it in principle, yes.

as am i, I've never use it before.

[CJ]

Do people not look at other people's work for learning purposes anymore? 'course you can cheat, you can cheat most things but it doesn't mean you won't get caught out now or later down the line.

[My Tosis Is...?]

(Original post by rotor)

When she was revising with Harvey?!
well "revising"...

ahem... we all revise like this

[SnowAngel]

I don't think so..

[halbeth]

(Original post by Beef_Eater)
Yes 'assist'....Now how much assistance did you use?

Piss off, I'm not so stupid that I have to resort to copying, I used it to get an idea of how to begin my essay.

It was 100% my own wording and work, it'd be difficult to copy coursework for a question that was completely different hmm?

[musicbloke]

Yes, it probably is unethical, but then again Acumen is a company, and as much as they like to promote an ethical image (I remember the admins plugging some environmental stuff) they'll always do things for money even if they're wrong.

MB

[Dionysus]

Considering Acumen OWN coursework.info, it's hardly likely that they wouldn't display it.

[letsdothetimewarpagain]

I have used coursework.info to gain some tips on the best way to structure an essay I was doing. No harm in it and considering it is owned by the same company I am not bothered by having the advert despite the fact I don't actually see it

[tashhh]

(Original post by DreamGirlx)
Yes i think it should be banned, if people can't write their own coursework then they should ask for help off a teacher or an older pupil rather than practically copying someone elses.

Err...what you seem to be saying is that reading an example essay for ideas is worse than being told what to write by a teacher (who, of course, will know the points that need to be included in an essay to get full marks because they've seen the mark scheme). Really?

[LampetarianLost]

Sure so someone copies the work of a previous student to change their deserved U to an A*, they're still going to have to contend with the exams which won't be so easy to fake. Then let's say the finish with a C, that'll let them progress into sixth form or college, where the work gets harder still... they could fail... or if they managed to trick their way through that what then? University? Do you think they'd get through 3 years of increasingly difficult work if they couldn't even legitimately pass their GCSEs?

Ultimately the people who cheat are only cheating themselves. Let them do it, they get caught that's great. If they don't get caught they'll end up pushing themselves too far in the wrong direction and in 10 years time when everything seems a bit too tough they'll wonder why they even took that path.

[Kyalimers]

Yes I know exactly what you mean. Ok, there are no laws being broken, but it's not difficult to copy and paste an essay from coursework.info into word and then right click half the words and use a different word from the dictionary.

Similarly, rearranging some sentences and paragraphs also bypasses Turnitin as well as so many other small easy techniques, which I won't mention to prevent plagiarism.

On the other hand, the site makes money. Obviously we know which is more important.

[QI Elf]

I do think it's a little wrong yes. I also find the posts 'it' makes on here if people don't get a quick reply highly irritating.

I wouldn't feel comfortable using it myself. It seems wrong to me.

[DreamGirlx]

(Original post by tashhh)
Err...what you seem to be saying is that reading an example essay for ideas is worse than being told what to write by a teacher (who, of course, will know the points that need to be included in an essay to get full marks because they've seen the mark scheme). Really?

Erm no actually.. I don't know what it was like at your school, but at mine our teachers did not tell us what to write, they gave us information and direction to help us write it. At the end of the day what I wrote (talking about english cw for example here) was MY ideas and MY interpretation of the novels/poems. My teacher gave me direction on HOW to write it (e.g. sections of the essay that weren't relevant or needed editing)
but at the end of the day it was MY writing and MY thoughts that were being edited.

By looking at someones elses work for quote: 'ideas' you are taking THEIR interpretation or ideas of something and calling them your own. By looking at someone elses work it shows that (really) you can't be bothered to think indepth about the novel/poem you're studying and so (however well the cw may be written) I don't think you should deserve a high grade for it.

Again, looking back at GCSE, if you take your time reading something and just sit and think about it, its not THAT difficult to draw points and write an essay for it, again, if someone finds that so difficult that they have to use someone else's ideas, then should they really get a high grade for it?
I just think it makes GCSEs even more of a joke than they actually are.