Academic IntegrityAcademic Integrity

Objectives

Students will • Know

– The meaning of academic integrity– The meaning of plagiarism– Examples of academic dishonesty

• Do– Define academic integrity– Define plagiarism– Identify examples of academic dishonesty

The Definition of Integrity

• Moral or ethical strength: synonyms are:

Source: http://www.yourdictionary.com

•moral, righteous, principle, honorable

•The quality of being honest: synonyms are:

•Honorable, truthful, genuine,

upstanding, fair

Did you know?According to Education Week,

74% of high school students admit to cheating at least once during

the past school year. (Plagiarism.org)

54% of high schools students admitted to plagiarizing from the Internet. (Plagiarism.org)

What is Plagiarism?

“Plagiarism is using others’ ideas and words without clearly

acknowledging the source of that information.”

“ Plagiarism: What it is and how to recognize and avoid it.” Writing Tutorial Services. Bloomington: Indiana University, __.

“But I Didn’t Mean To Cheat!”

• Intentional – Copying from another student’s test, quiz or

homework.– Cutting and pasting from an article on the Internet

and calling it your own.

• Unintentional– Poor note-taking skills which causes you to lose

information and forget to cite a source.– Paraphrasing and not citing your source.

• Regardless of your intentions, plagiarizing is a serious offense and “I didn’t know” is not an excuse.

Always Give Credit

• Whenever you quote, paraphrase, or summarize an idea, text, or image, you must CITE YOUR SOURCE.

• That means—refer to it by name, like this:

• (In your paper) The main character enjoys science; “The cells were perfect—or so it seemed. Each was furnished with all it needed to grow” (Farmer, 1)

•(On a Works Cited page) Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion. New York: Atheneum Books, 2002.

Citing in your paper

I don’t know

how to do that?

That’s ok…we

will teach you!

Citing a picture in your presentation

•(On a Works Cited page) Da Vinci, Leonardo. "Mona Lisa." Essey about Mona Lisa. 2006. LDV Museum. 18 Sep 2007 <http://www.museumldv.com/education/ml/index.htm>.

• (In your presentation)

Painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. Accessed at http://www.museumldv.com/education/ml/index.htm

Your turn to talk “Integrity”

• In groups, we will read the scenarios and decide if the situation shows academic integrity or NOT?

• We will discuss as a class.