Independent Study Guide Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism

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Independent Study GuideReferencing and Avoiding
Plagiarism

• Self-test
• Can you recognize plagiarized text?

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Ready for the test?

• Read the following source and the way in which
  two students have used it in their assignment.

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Original Text
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Student As text
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Student Bs text
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Do you think either of these students has
plagiarised the original source? Why? Why not?

• Student A Plagiarism? Yes No
• Student B Plagiarism? Yes No
• Can you find the problems in the plagiarized
  text? Think of ways to correct the problems.

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