Originality Required in Evaluating Term-paper Assignments and Essay Questions Types

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  • レポート評価において求められるオリジナリティと論題の設定について
  • レポート ヒョウカ ニ オイテ モトメラレル オリジナリティ ト ロンダイ ノ セッテイ ニ ツイテ

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The criteria for evaluating undergraduate-level term-paper assignments have not been distinguished from that of academic papers. However, as the purpose of evaluating undergraduate-level term-paper assignments is educational, the former should be distinguished from the latter, where the purpose is not educational. Therefore, this paper deals with the problem of how we should evaluate undergraduate-level term-paper assignments; especially whether we should require originality in term-paper assignments, or not. That is because, even though originality is required in order to avoid plagiarism and confirm studentsʼ understanding in lessons, we wonder if the demand is too high. In order to address the question, I examined what kind of originality is required according to the essay questions, not in general term-paper assignments. Through analyzing the term-paper assignments given in a philosophy course as a case example, it was found that essay questions could be classified into six types, and moreover, the level of originality required in termpaper assignments could be divided into three types. The results suggested that, as two of those do not display a high-level of originality, they are effectively required in undergraduate-level term-paper assignments.

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