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FREDERICTON, May 30 /CNW/ - A student writing an essay for their teacher may be tempted to plagiarize or leave facts unchecked. A new study shows that if you ask that same student to write something that will be posted on Wikipedia, he or she suddenly ...

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It's one of the big no-nos of academia: Whatever you do, don't source Wikipedia. But what happens when students contribute to the crowd-sourced online encyclopedia themselves, and for course credit, no less? Turns out the same students known to submit ...

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[thekohser]

Comment by Gregory Kohs:

How much do you want to bet that Miss Gray failed to employ a blind test/control mode in her research? Nothing like the evaluator getting caught up in "wanting" the results to come out in a predetermined way. From what I've seen of most Wikipedia-related research, this is unfortunately usually the case:

http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-nati...study-of-donors

[thekohser]

Also, in what may be the worst-ever designed calendar of events, I am unable to see that Dr. Brenna Gray presented anything at any time at this Congress, much less "on Saturday". Perhaps it's just a big lie. An administrative assistant of the Congress headquarters told me that there are "hundreds" of small sessions at the Congress that do not appear on the main website. Gray's talk must have been one of those small sessions.

I'll check to see if she'll share her methodology:

Brenna Clarke Gray
grayb@douglas.bc.ca

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Students do more research and are less likely to plagiarize when they know their essays will be posted on Wikipedia, rather than just read by a teacher. That's the finding of a new study by ...

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May 30 – Fredericton, NB – A student writing an essay for their teacher may be tempted to plagiarize or leave facts unchecked. A new study shows that if you ask that same student to write something that will be posted on Wikipedia, he or she suddenly ...

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Posted by Gregory Kohs on 05/31/2011, 11:30
I've searched the website for the 2011 Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and I have sent an e-mail to Dr. Gray. So far, there's no evidence that Gray's study exists, or any indication that she used a proper test/control methodology to draw these conclusions. If we're going to outsource to Wikipedia the actual classroom instruction on "how to write research", then I lament our student body's future. Case in point: http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-nati...study-of-donors

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An interesting article. It's not particularly surprising that people find more value in writing content that will be seen by more than two people (the teacher and the student). The article skirts around the biographies of living people problem, but gets close enough that I can give the author credit.

[thekohser]

An interesting article. It's not particularly surprising that people find more value in writing content that will be seen by more than two people (the teacher and the student). The article skirts around the biographies of living people problem, but gets close enough that I can give the author credit.

What do you make of the concern that Dr. Gray hasn't actually released her study on the web anywhere, that her read-out was not on the conference schedule, and that a call to the conference today still hasn't produced any reply?

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Washington, June 1: A new study has found that students tend to be more accurate and less likely to plagiarize when they know their essays will be posted on Wikipedia, rather than just read by a teacher.Brenna Gray, an instructor at Douglas College in ...

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A Canadian English prof says that the use of Wikipedia, in defiance of accepted wisdom, makes students produce better work. This is achieved, however, not by the kids finding stuff out on the notoriously ...

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Comment by Gregory Kohs:

Where's the study? #

Posted Wednesday 1st June 2011 11:10 GMT
FAIL

Two days ago, I asked Dr. Gray to share the methodology and results of her study. I would like to see whether or not she employed any sort of blind test/control methodology, or whether she biased the project by anticipating an outcome then looking for confirmation through her observations and her observations alone. There was no evidence on the conference website that she presented anything to the conference. She has not replied to me. An administrative assistant at the conference also said that she would look into getting me the study report, and I'm still waiting. Invariably, these breathless Wikipedia-related studies seem to be conducted by "true believers", with little attention to whether their mode and methodology will align with reality.

Interesting reply from "copsewood", too.

[thekohser]

What do you make of the concern that Dr. Gray hasn't actually released her study on the web anywhere, that her read-out was not on the conference schedule, and that a call to the conference today still hasn't produced any reply?

Interesting series of hits on my biography on Wikipedia Review today:

1 Jun 08:35:34 Firefox 4.0
MacOSX
Fredericton,
New Brunswick,
Canada
Bell Aliant / Fibreop (142.166.xxx.yy)
www.wikipediareview.com/Directory:Gregory_J._Kohs

1 Jun 08:32:21 Chrome 11.0
MacOSX
Moncton,
New Brunswick,
Canada
Bell Aliant Regional Communications (156.34.xxx.yy)
www.wikipediareview.com/Directory:Gregory_J._Kohs
www.gregorykohs.com/

Probably working together to figure out whether or not I deserve to see Dr. Gray's conference notes. I doubt there's an actual "report" to go with the study.

[thekohser]

I am now upping the ante. I will offer $25 cash to anyone who can obtain a copy of the report/findings that Gray presented at the academic conference. Equally, I will offer $25 to anyone who can point me to a public admission by Dr. Gray that no "report", as such, actually exists (if that is the case).