Word: aikens
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...computer sciences have had this problem for a long time," says Aiken, who was inspired to develop MOSS after finding that plagiarism tools available at that time were inadequate to keep up with common code-copying...
...Aiken says that MOSS is used routinely in Berkeley's introductory as well as junior and senior computer science courses...
...Aiken says the program allows professors to focus on teaching rather than worrying about cases of academic dishonesty...
...according to Aiken, cheating still persists...
...chances for getting caught are fairly low, it's fair to say that in a random class of 50 to 100 students, about 10 percent are cheating," Aiken says. " I have anecdotal evidence from colleagues that have used MOSS that confirms it--10 percent is what you get when people are supposed to be doing the right thing...