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Broz, Nancy D. – 1977
This paper notes that, when teachers assign the writing of research reports without showing children how to write such reports, they may actually encourage children to plagiarize. It then outlines a method used to teach seventh graders how to write short "controlled reports." Working as a group, the students learn how to pose research questions,…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Plagiarism
