Academic Honesty and the IB at ISD – Guide for Students

1. Academic Honesty and the IB at ISD – Guide for Students Mr. Crouch

2. Breaking the rules deliberately • Using electronic devices in examinations without permission • Gaining unauthorised access to assessment questions • Asking someone to do an assessment for you • Purchasing or copying a document and passing it off as your own (Carroll 2)

3. Breaking the rules by means of plagiarism or collusion • Plagiarism – using the work of others as if it is your own • Collusion – using the work of members of your work group as if it is your own • Question: is the plagiarism/collusion deliberate or by mistake?

4. Know the difference • The design cycle accepts that ‘new ideas and work derives from earlier work, but the acknowledgement must be made clear…’ (Tilke 54) • If you use work from an earlier source, remember to cite it

5. Common Mistakes • Copying the work of others, without an acknowledgement (no citation) • Copying and pasting from different sources to produce a ‘new’ piece of work • Relying on parents or other students for help • Converting text into ‘your own words’ and then not citing the source • Copying without understanding (Carroll 3)

6. A closer look at plagiarism • Plagiarism occurs when someone: • uses words, ideas, or work products… • attributable to another identifiable person or source… • without attributing the work to the source from which it was obtained… • in which there is a legitimate expectation of the original authorship… • in order to obtain some benefit, credit, or gain (Carroll 3)

7. A closer look at collusion • ‘Collusion is usually defined as occurring when the unattributed source is one or more fellow learners.’ (Carroll 3)

8. What is common knowledge? • Common knowledge is what most people are expected to know (specific to a certain culture), and which therefore does not need to be cited: • Washington D.C. is the capital city of the United States • The moon orbits Earth

9. Active and Passive Learning • Active learners avoid plagiarism by being in control of their own learning. They find relevant information, understand it, and use it to create their own work. They give credit to their varied sources using citations. They can describe their learning process, the research process, and have ownership of their own work. • Passive learners are prone to plagiarism because they are not engaged in the information process. They do not understand the work that they create and/or present. ‘Their’ work is in fact the work of others.

10. How to achieve Academic Honesty • Be able to show that your work is your own • Log all of your sources during your research and writing process • Understand the important terms, events, ideas, or concepts • Show your notes and planning • Use citations to give credit to work from other sources • Avoid the urge to copy and paste or convert the work of others ‘into your own words’ • Be a self manager, with good time management and organisational skills

11. Continued… • Ask for help from your teacher or librarian • Make sure that all of your sources can be traced • Engage in critical evaluation of your sources – do your sources offer the best information?

12. This Presentation …is available on the Library website http://www.isdseniorlibraries.com/academic-honesty.html Thank you, Mr. Crouch

13. Works Cited Carroll, Jude. Academic honesty in the IB. N.p.: International Baccalaureate, 2012. Print. Tilke, Anthony. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and the school library. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2011. Print