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Plagiarism: What It Is and What It Does

Plagiarism. Plagiarism is often begun innocently enough when, in the early grades, the student is directed by the teacher to copy some material from an encyclopedia.. Plagiarism. Timmy's Complete and Original Essay:

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Plagiarism: What It Is and What It Does

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    1. Plagiarism: What It Is and What It Does Terry Miller, Ed. D. Professor, English Department Indian River Community College

    2. Plagiarism Plagiarism is often begun innocently enough when, in the early grades, the student is directed by the teacher to copy some material from an encyclopedia.

    3. Plagiarism Timmy’s Complete and Original Essay: “All about Dinosaurs

    4. Plagiarism Timmy’s Complete and Original Essay: “All about Dinosaurs – And Aztec Indians” Submitted to Mrs. Jurenas’ 6th Grade Sandbox Class

    5. Plagiarism Thus, some students, even on the college level, have not become aware of the innate seriousness and possible consequences of plagiarism.

    6. Plagiarism Plagiarism is cheating.

    7. Plagiarism It is one of the most serious problems confronting the English teacher and student.

    8. Plagiarism It is serious partly because it suggests dishonesty and partly because it deprives the student of learning the skills of language, especially of scholarly documentation.

    9. Plagiarism Here are some noticeable points regarding what plagiarism is or does:

    10. Plagiarism 1. Acquiring answers on a test before the test is to be given.

    11. Plagiarism 2. Getting illegally a copy of a test before the test is to be given.

    12. Plagiarism 3. Having someone else write one’s essay or term paper or acquiring one already written by someone else or by oneself for another course. (This latter procedure is possibly acceptable if the teacher in the second course permits.)

    13. Plagiarism 4. Attributing to oneself quoted material. Either block indention or quotation marks are necessary to indicate such material.

    14. Plagiarism 5. Attributing to oneself paraphrased or summarized ideas borrowed from other sources. Paraphrases, summaries, and quotations must all be indicated by text notes and bibliographical entries, according to the format assigned by the instructor.

    15. Plagiarism Understanding these points, no reasonably intelligent and conscientious student could possibly hereafter misunderstand what plagiarism is. And. . .

    16. Plagiarism And no college student could possibly fall unknowingly into the trap of committing plagiarism.

    17. Plagiarism Students should understand the following rules regarding plagiarism and its penalties: 1.A test shall receive a grade of 0 if the student has cheated any way in getting the answers.

    18. Plagiarism 2. An essay or term paper shall have its grade lowered by a letter if plagiarism is substantiated within one paragraph. 3. Such a paper shall have its grade lowered to an F if plagiarism occurs in more than one paragraph.

    19. Plagiarism 4. A second instance of cheating will be turned over to the Vice-President of Student Affairs for possible discipline actions and may result in the student’s being dropped from the course.

    20. Plagiarism 5. The Vice-President may (A.) suggest to the teacher and department chair the student’s conditional restatement; or (B.) recommend giving a failing grade for the course, informing the English faculty of the case, and noting the plagiarism on the student’s permanent record; or

    21. Plagiarism (C.) recommend to the department chair and the Vice President of Academic Affairs more drastic action according to the seriousness of the offense.

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