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Why we still can't stop plagiarism in undergraduate computer science (2018)

Lessons on incentives and scaling from two years as a teaching assistant

They appeal to the relevant offices in the university, claiming that in computer programming, independently writing hundreds of identical lines of code is a common occurrence. And like any other form of anonymous online abuse, repeatedly reading personal attacks and other vitriol about yourself as part of your job carries a large mental health cost. People who bring this up have likely never asked an instructor of an introductory course whether they’d like to spend large chunks of time rushing out assignments in exchange for also reducing their quality.

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