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SGS 101 September 2008

SGS 101 September 2008. Andrea Thyret-Kidd Academic Integrity Officer McMaster University. This presentation was created by: Academic Integrity Office Andrea Thyret-Kidd Centre for Leadership in Learning Erika Kudstra Centre for Student Development Peter Walsh.

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SGS 101 September 2008

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  1. SGS 101 September 2008 Andrea Thyret-Kidd Academic Integrity Officer McMaster University

  2. This presentation was created by:Academic Integrity Office Andrea Thyret-KiddCentre for Leadership in LearningErika KudstraCentre for Student DevelopmentPeter Walsh

  3. Purpose of Academic Integrity Office • 1. Education • 2. Prevention • 3. Process cases of academic dishonesty using procedural fairness

  4. What is Academic Integrity?

  5. “The University states unequivocally that it demands scholarly integrity from all its members. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive to the values of the University; furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to those students who pursue their studies honestly.”Academic Integrity Policy, McMaster University, 2006, Page 2.

  6. Types of Academic Dishonesty • Plagiarism • Inappropriate collaboration • Cheating on a test or exam • Aiding another student in academic dishonesty • Stealing, destroying or tampering with another student’s work

  7. Types of Academic Dishonesty • Preventing another student from completing an academic task • Misrepresenting academic credentials • Submitting false information or false medical note to gain a postponement or advantage • Forging, altering or fabricating any McMaster documents (transcripts, etc.)

  8. Types of Academic Dishonesty • Impersonating another student • Providing a false signature for attendance in a class • Research misconduct e.g. fabrication or falsification of research data, etc.

  9. Graduate Student Numbers

  10. Plagiarism:“(To) submit academic work that has been, entirely or in part, copied from or written by another person without proper acknowledgement, or, for which previous credit has been obtained”Academic Integrity Policy, McMaster University, 2006, Page 6.

  11. When Work is Not Your Own • Any idea, concept, fact, phrase, sentence, or piece of data that you did not create uniquely for this assignment • Need to indicate it was not your idea • Needs to be referenced appropriately

  12. When Work is Not Your Own • The kind of “source” is irrelevant to academic integrity • Material from the internet, public domain, unpublished documents (yours and others), pictures, graphs, etc., must all be referenced

  13. When Your Work is Not Unique • If you really want to “recycle” a sentence or part of a previous paper, you can, but you MUST reference yourself and the paper • You may want to discuss this with your professor or supervisor first

  14. Referencing • Don’t create your own system • Be consistent in whatever system you use • Follow the instructions of the instructor in the course

  15. Plagiarism Exercise

  16. Evaluating Resources • Peer-reviewed articles go through an extensive process: • Generally written by a PhD • Submitted to a journal with high scholarly standards • Reviewed by PhDs in the same field to comment on the value of the article • Published in the journal once deemed to be at the standards of the journal

  17. Evaluating Resources • Information on the internet goes through little to no evaluation or quality control • Wikipedia is open-source, meaning that anyone can contribute to a page and information on pages can change daily • You must determine who the author of a website is to determine the quality of the information on the site

  18. Evaluating Resources • Internet sites for organizations will always reflect the mission of the organization (it will be from a certain point of view). • For example, NASA’s website will reflect NASA’s stated mission: “to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research” http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/what_does_nasa_do.html

  19. Evaluating Resources • While the NASA website likely has a better quality of information than what is on Wikipedia, peer-reviewed articles will have the highest quality. • Students must evaluate the resources they use when writing a paper or assignment.

  20. Techniques to Avoid Unintentional Plagiarism • Don’t cut and paste • Separate doing research from writing the paper • Keep all your reference/research material and copies of drafts • 3 column note taking • Avoid procrastination

  21. Resources • MLA or APA Manuals • RefWorks – found on any McMaster Library homepage • Librarians are an excellent resource

  22. Resources • Academic Integrity Website www.mcmaster.ca/academicintegrity • CSD (Centre for Student Development) • Academic Skills • Writing Workshops • ESL (English as a Second Language) csd.mcmaster.ca

  23. Resources • http://infolit.library.dal.ca/tutorials/QuoteNote/ • http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/academic_integrity/index.html • http://www.ryerson.ca/academicintegrity/tutorial.html • http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/criticalevaluation/index.cfm

  24. Role of TA’s

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