12-28-2019, 02:16 AM
Word's References tab, with its Manage Sources and Bibliography functions, has been surprisingly useful by itself in my experience. I've taught zero-to-hero project-based research courses to my student clients here in China, and they have appreciated the rapid access to in-text parenthetical citations. It also maintains your accumulated sources over time, all of which can be accessed across different files.
As for Grammarly's plagiarism detection, I experimented by running several 100% plagiarized essays through it as controls to put the Fear of Expulsion in their hearts and demonstrate how plagiarism is detected and dealt with in American colleges. I didn't have access to Turnitin at the time, and these test essays were wholesale copies of the first word all the way down to the last on several different websites. When all the Grammarly results returned remarkably low levels of plagiarism, I realized that particular tool was largely useless. Turnitin remains the most accurate tool for me.
As for Grammarly's plagiarism detection, I experimented by running several 100% plagiarized essays through it as controls to put the Fear of Expulsion in their hearts and demonstrate how plagiarism is detected and dealt with in American colleges. I didn't have access to Turnitin at the time, and these test essays were wholesale copies of the first word all the way down to the last on several different websites. When all the Grammarly results returned remarkably low levels of plagiarism, I realized that particular tool was largely useless. Turnitin remains the most accurate tool for me.
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○MS Early Childhood Studies: Administration, Management, & Leadership | Walden (3.90)
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