For my upper division classes, there is a research project due at the end of the term. 3 weeks before they have a literature review due so I can make sure the students are going generally in the right direction. For the literature review, they have to list their sources (some peer-reviewed) and describe how they will use said sources. I green light the sources. The new thing is not to use those sources I approved but some crap sources. 🤦♂️ What gives?! #academia#academicchatter
@beatnikprof My guess? They're either paraphrasing from the abstracts for the good sources or getting an LLM to do them--it's very easy to load a PDF into programs--and then they're using "easy" sources for the essay. That's the path of least resistance and highest grade, from their POV, bc they don't know that using crap sources will tear down their grade.
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