Being Academically Honest&

Avoiding Plagiarism

It's Your Responsibility

Linda S. Vann, MSEd

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academic honesty & plagiarism

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The presentation will cover:

Academic honesty

Plagiarism

What you can do to be academically honest

What you can do to avoid plagiarism

The presentation will cover:

Academic honesty

Plagiarism

What you can do to be academically honest

What you can do to avoid plagiarism

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Honesty

the quality or fact of being honestuprightness and fairness

truthfulness, sincerity, or franknessfreedom from deceit or fraud

- dictionary.com

What is Academic Dishonesty?

Academic honesty is:

• Cheating in any form.

• Submitting the same academic paper in different courses.

• Working with another student on an assignment that you should be doing alone.

• Doing another students work.

Being Academically Honest?

You become academically honest by:

• Making a commitment to understand and to practice honesty.

• Reviewing your school’s guidelines for academic honesty.

• Asking questions when in doubt.

• Being truthful in all matters.

• Doing your work, and only your work.

What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism is:

• Using the work of another person without that person’s permission.

• Presenting the work of another person as though it were your own.

• Neglecting to give credit to your sources.

• Presenting your own work as if it were newly created—self-plagiarism

Plagiarize

to steal (and pass off) the ideasor words of another as one’s own:

use (another’s production)without crediting the source

- merriam-webster.com

Avoiding Plagiarism

You avoid plagiarism by:

• Giving credit to your source in the form of a citation in the body of your paper.

• Giving credit to your source in a full reference list at the end of your paper.

• Never presenting someone else’s work as your own.

• Never self-plagiarize by using your own previous work without giving credit.

Watch the YouTube video at the end of this presentation to hear what students have to say about academic honesty and plagiarism. Then return here and continue to the next slide.

Reflecting on the slide Presentationand the YouTube Video

In one paragraph each, provide a response to the questions on the next two slides.

Print the next slide and write your answers, or just write the questions and your responses on a sheet of paper.

Bring the printout or sheet of paper with you to class tomorrow.

Be prepared to discuss your responses in class tomorrow.

Check Your Understanding

Question #1How can you be academically honest?

Check Your Understanding

Question #2What can you do to avoid plagiarism?

Earn Your GradesEarn Your Grades

Always practice academic honesty.Never plagiarize.

Bibliographywww.dictionary.com

www.macmilliandictionary.com

www.merriamwebster.com

cet.usc.edu/resources/teaching_learning/docs/teaching_nuggets_docs/5.1_Academic_Honesty.pdf

www.collegeview.com/articles/article/academic-honesty