Reading Papers

Besides the obvious grammar errors, I am finding out that the students copy each other. I explicitely asked them to write their own papers, nevertheless I am finding out repetitions from one paper to the next. Maybe since the classes were for all the students, one can imagine that they just repeat what they heard. Nevertheless there was an emphasis on finding out more information, and writing it in their own words.

The need to work in groups should be recognized, but I believe students should be encouraged to be original. Originality though, comes after one knows the work of other creators. I just have to find out a happy medium to grade them.