http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/education/06cheat.html?_r=1&sq=to stop cheats, colleges learn their trickery&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1278532937-4WFJ3fxxgmKL5ZgOZOXHbw
Here is an article by Trip Gabriel which discusses the new and inventive ways students try to cheat and what colleges are doing to try and stop them. From trying to find a way around "Big Brother" tactics being used for examinations to figuring out algorithmic loop-holes in anti-plagiarism technology (such as Turnitin.com), it makes me wonder if students spent as much time studying they wouldn't have to worry about any of this.
I thought the writer was very affective in how the information was organized by way of cause and solution - portraying in a sense, a game of "cat and mouse" between the cheating students and the establishment. Also, this article is a great example of circular structure as it both begins and ends with discussing the University of Central Florida's new examination rules.
I agree. I think the article works well. The more I read these articles the better understanding I get about how these articles can be structured.
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