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Academic Honesty

Academic Honesty. February 20 th 2013. Opportunities to discuss course content. Today 10-2 Thursday 11-2 Friday 10-1. Definition. pla-gia-rize

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Academic Honesty

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  1. Academic Honesty February 20th 2013

  2. Opportunities to discuss course content • Today 10-2 • Thursday 11-2 • Friday 10-1

  3. Definition • pla-gia-rize Etymology: plagiary Date: 1716 transitive senses : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting thesource intransitive senses : to commit literary theft : present as new andoriginal an idea or product derived from an existing source From: Webster's New World Dictionary, Second College Edition

  4. The difference between good research and plagiarism is a reference!

  5. The Academic Handbook St. Edward's University expects academic honesty from all students; consequently, all work submitted for grading in a course must be created as the result of your own thought and effort. Representing work as your own when it is not a result of your own thought and effort is a violation of the St. Edward's Academic Honesty policy. The normal penalty for a student who is dishonest in any work is to receive a mark of F for that course. Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty and may result in the same penalty. In cases of mitigating circumstances, the instructor has the option to assign a lesser penalty. A student who has been assigned the grade of F because of academic dishonesty does not have the option of withdrawing from the course.

  6. Forms of Plagiarism

  7. Theft • Taking someone else's work and submitting it as your own. • This ranges from a few sentences, to an entire paper. • it is plagiarism and is subject to the penalties under the academic honesty policy

  8. Collusion • receiving unauthorized assistance on any type of work such as writing sections of your paper. • Roommates, friends, mom and dad

  9. What of Long Strings of Quotations? • Cutting and Pasting information from the internet is stealing. • This includes big chunks of properly cited information. • Papers must be original

  10. Unintentional Plagiarism • Is still plagiarism • failure to cite • creating an impression that someone else's work is your own

  11. Examples • you bought or otherwise acquired a research paper and handed it in part or all of it as you own • you paraphrased someone's unique or particularly apt phrase without acknowledgement. • You repeated someone's wording without acknowledgement • while browsing the web, you copied text and pasted it into your paper without quotation marks or without citing source

  12. Paraphrasing

  13. When Paraphrasing is Plagiarism • Only the wording of a few phrases was changed and the sentences were only re-arranged. This is called transcribing or • The writer does not acknowledge the source of the information and ideas.

  14. When it is not • The writer uses his or her own words. • Proper acknowledgment for the ideas presented in the passage is given.

  15. When citations are not needed

  16. Citations are not needed • Information is your own writing • It is a familiar saying or proverb

  17. Common Knowledge • These are facts known by a large amount of people. • These do not need citations. • George Washington was the first President of the United States

  18. What is Not Common Knowledge • Anything that is not common knowledge needs a citation. This is especially true when the statement involves an interpretation Washington was probably a deist, though he would have strenuously denied accusations of not being a Christian, if any had been foolish enough to make them (Johnson, p.205)

  19. Wikipedia • This is not a trusted source because it is user edited rather than peer reviewed. • It tries to present a neutral point of view, but is often lacking • The Death of Sinbad • Do not use this as a source in your paper.

  20. What it Entails Submission 2

  21. THREE SECTIONS • Introduction to social problem • Background/history/ current policy • In-depth presentation of the sides

  22. INTRODUCTION(approximately 3-4 pages) • Introduction • Social problem • Significance • Statistics • Targets • Definitions (as needed) • Brief overview of the controversy • Conclude with normative question

  23. Your introduction should scare the reader by convincing him/her that the fate of the world depends on solving this problem

  24. BACKGROUND/HISTORY(Approximately 5 pages) • Goal: historical context to understand current controversy • Starting place: it should be far back enough to describe the modern dilemma • Ending point: Most recent events

  25. Section 3:What it Contains (4-5 Pages for Each Side) • Stakeholders • Arguments • Issues • Plans

  26. Who are the Stakeholders? • Identify the General Stakeholders • Identify the Specific Stakeholders • Tell me why the group matters • Tell me what they value • Conclude by identifying their major arguments on the solution

  27. MECHANICS • Approximately 14-16 pages long (Minimum of 12) • Works Cited • Correct MLA form throughout • Style • In accordance with Capstone guidelines • Polished, proofed • DUE: In Class 3/8/2013 and on Blackboard by Midnight on 3/8/2013

  28. Mission resource Center

  29. What they Do • The MCRC focuses on content specific to Capstone • Help students • understand Capstone vocabulary • find and evaluate appropriate sources for their projects • analyze the arguments and moral reasoning • develop portions of their oral presentations.

  30. Who and Where • Holy Cross Hall 106 • Hours: One-on-one tutoring sessions by appointment. • Staff: Professors Mary Reilly, Brian McNerney, Brett Westbrook, and Peter Austin

  31. On Line • At- St. Edwards http://sites.stedwards.edu/mcrc/ • On Twitter- https://twitter.com/MissionCourseRC

  32. Turnitin.Com This paper must also be submitted to turnitin.com

  33. About Turnitin.com • It Checks your paper for plagiarism • Against the web • Against the other papers in the turnitin archive • Failure to use this results in a 10 point deduction from your paper

  34. Accessing Turnitin • Log into Blackboard • Go to the CAPS 4360 Page • DO NOT GO TO TURNITIN.COM

  35. Click on Assignments Click on Assignments

  36. Click on View/Complete Click on View/Complete

  37. Step 1 in Submitting the Paper • Fill out all the parts • You must have a title for your paper • Browse for your file • Choose Upload

  38. Step 2 In Submitting the Paper • Preview the Paper • Make sure everything is ok • Choose Submit

  39. Step 3 in Submitting the Paper • If you do it right, you will get the following message

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