What is expected of you? Academic Honesty. 1) to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own 2) to use (another's production) without

What is expected of you?

Academic Honesty

1)

to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own

2)

to use (another's production) without crediting the source

3)

to commit literary theft

4) to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means:

What is Plagiarism?

Copying and pasting from an electronic encyclopedia, online database, or the Internet

Buying a paper from the Internet or another source

Copying from one of your peers on a test

Finding an essay in a foreign language and then using a program to translate it

Getting your parents to write some of your paper

Direct quoting of a source without a citation

Working on an assignment with others when it is an individual assignment

Paraphrasing but not citing the source

What Counts as Academic Dishonesty?

What Counts as Academic Dishonesty?

Copying one sentence from an Internet site

Using an essay from another course/source

Copying a friend’s homework or project

Faking a citation

Downloading an essay and handing it in

Giving someone an old assignment to use

Using another person’s ideas as your own

Teachers:Teachers: “Why we have to stop it?We want students to learn:

•good work habits… “Don’t leave things to the last minute and you won’t need to panic and plagiarize.”

•the course curriculum.… “If you use other people’s work, you aren’t learning the material.”

•how to properly cite work… “Go ahead. Borrow, get ideas, get help. Just give CREDIT where CREDIT is DUE!”

Teachers:Teachers: “Why we have to stop it?

Honesty and integrity... ”School is not just about learning curriculum; it’s about building character, too.”

Fairness… “How is your cheating fair to your peers?”

Makes our job harder … “I hate having to look for copied work instead of simply marking.”

“We want to hear your views, hear your voice, and read your work.”

Students: Students: Why we sometimes do it? Stress, pressure, and competition to do well in school (parents, getting into college or university): “I am stressed out.”

It is worth the gamble: “The odds are with me… I know I can get away with it; lots of other students do.”

Teacher won’t look at the work carefully enough to catch it.

Some students feel their research and writing skills are inadequate: “I didn’t think I could do a good job on my own.”

Peer pressure: “Everyone else is doing it.”

Students don’t understand concepts of plagiarism: ”I didn’t know it was plagiarism.”

Lack of perceived punishment: “Even if I get caught, nothing will happen.”

Some students think that copying or buying material from the Internet is a form of “research”. “You want me to read a book about that topic? That’ll take too long.”

Poor time management skills: “I have too many things due, a part-time job, and responsibilities at home.”

Lack of comprehension: “I didn’t understand the material.”

Peer pressure: “I just wanted to help my friend.”

Students:Students: Why we sometimes do it?

Right vs. wrong “It’s just plain wrong.”

It isn’t worth the gamble: “The odds may be with me, but I’ll probably get caught.”

Fear of disappointing parents, teachers, and friends

Teacher

Integrity and honesty

Fear of punishment

Pride in work

Students:Students: Why we choose not to do it?

Caught!•Teachers know you and your writing style

•Teachers are content experts and read widely

•Teachers, teacher-librarians, and administrators work as a team to trace questionable information

•High-tech programs are available to detect plagiarism http://www.turnitin.com/static/home.html

http://www.turnitin.com/static/home.html

When plagiarism or cheating is suspected, teachers will:

• gather evidence of the plagiarism or cheating

HDSB Cheating and Plagiarism Policy

Source: HDSB Administrative Procedure Cheating and Plagiarism September 2011

Schools will: • record incidents of academic dishonesty


Response to Cheating and Plagiarism

Teachers will:

• discuss the matter with the student(s) involved;

• define and explain the evidence of cheating and plagiarism in the student’s work to ensure the student understands why his/her academic honesty is being questioned;

• inform a student’s parent(s) / guardian(s);

• in the event of a serious incident that may have an impact on a student’s success or repeated incidents by a student inform Administration.



Teachers may:

• require the student to redo the work;

• require the student to do supplementary or alternative work;

• in consultation with Administration assign a grade penalty up to the full value of the assignment. This means YOU COULD BE GIVEN A ZERO!



Administration may:

• meet with the student, parent(s)/guardian(s) and teacher;

• limit a student’s eligibility for school awards;

• suspend the student;

• assign other consequences for the behaviour as appropriate.



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What is expected of you? Academic Honesty. 1) to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own 2) to use (another's production) without