AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

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AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

• Joanne F. Christensen
• Adapted from power points by
• Marianne F. Bates , Joyce Valenza Joy McGregor

• Joanne F. Christensen
• Adapted from power points by
• Marianne F. Bates Joyce Valenza

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The Problem of PLAGIARISM

• Students who plagiarize may not realize they have
  done anything wrong

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What is plagiarism?

• Representing someone elses ideas or words as
  your own.

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What is plagiarism?

• Allowing someone else to copy your work or
  writing something for someone else.

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What is self-plagiarism?

• Handing in the same work for more than one
  assignment (without permission from the teacher).

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What is intentional plagiarism?

• Copying a friends work
• Buying or borrowing papers
• Cutting and pasting blocks of text from
  electronic sources without documenting

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What is intentional plagiarism?

• Media borrowing without documentation
• Web publishing without permissions of creators

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What is unintentional plagiarism?

• Careless paraphrasing
• Poor documentation
• Quoting excessively
• Failure to use your own voice

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Example

• A plagiarism scandal erupted at Southern Utah
  University at the end of 2012.
• Students in the ESL program were accused of
  plagiarism and not being held accountable for it.
  

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Results of Plagiarism

• The responsible teacher was put on probation and
  the department launched an investigation.
• SUU will seek specialized accreditation for the
  program, resulting in faculty with higher
  credentials.

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Additional Information

• This year, Jonah Lehrer, a writer for The New
  Yorker magazine, lost his job for making up
  quotes.
• In the last 10 years, 2 writers for the Salt Lake
  Tribune have lost their jobs.
• --Salt Lake Tribune.
  4 Dec 2012, 9 Dec 2012.

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Excuses
Everyone does it!
Its okay if I dont get caught!
I was too busy to write that paper! (Job, big
game, too much homework!)?
This assignment was BORING!
Ive got to get into ??? U.!
My teachers expect too much!
My parents expect As!
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Why Academic Integrity?

• When you copy you cheat yourself. You limit your
  own learning.
• The consequences are not worth the risks!
• It is only right to give credit to authors whose
  ideas you use

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Why Academic Integrity?

• Citing gives authority to the information you
  present
• Citing makes it possible for your readers to
  locate your source
• Education is not an us vs. them game! Its
  about learning to learn!
• Cheating is unethical behavior

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High School Plagiarism

• A study of almost 4,500 students at 25
  schools, suggests cheating is . . . a significant
  problem in high school . . . 72 admitted to
  serious cheating on written assignments. Over
  half of the students admitted they have engaged
  in some level of plagiarism on written
  assignments using the Internet.
• -- Based on the research of Donald L. McCabe,
  Rutgers University

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Is this important?

• What if
• Your architect cheated his way through math
  class. Will your new home be safe?
• Your lawyer paid for a copy of the bar exam to
  study. Will the contract she wrote for you stand
  up in court?
• The accountant who does your taxes hired someone
  to write his papers and paid a stand-in to take
  his major tests? Does he know enough to complete
  your tax forms properly?
• 
  --Lathrop and Foss 87

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Three Keys to Avoid Plagiarism

• Summarize
• Paraphrasing
• Direct Quotations

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Using Keywords To Summarize

• Use your own words
• Use common information from multiple sources
• Give descriptions
• Write main ideas

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Secrets of Paraphrasing

• Use your own words
• Use different sentence structure and phrases than
  the source uses
• Use paraphrasing to avoid quoting
• Synonyms may also be helpful in paraphrasing

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Common Knowledge

• Do I have to give credit for everything I write?
• No, you do not have to have credit for common
  knowledge such as
• Barack Obama is president of the U.S.
• Salt Lake is the capital of Utah.
• The Mississippi is a river in Illinois.

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Putting it together
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Which is your project?
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Summing up. . .

• Use summarizing, paraphrasing and quotations to
  help support your topic.
• Do not overuse sources (remember Visualizing
  Synthesis).
• Ask a teacher or librarian if you need help.

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Good luck with your research!
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Sources

• Bates, Marianne F. Avoiding Plagiarism.
  Powerpoint. June 2007.
• Combes, Barbara. Plagiarism and Grading
  Essays. Library List-serve e-mail. 17 May
  2006.
• Greene County Juvenile Justice Center. Image
  Probation. 2012. Web. 8 Jan 2013.
  http//www.greenecountymo.org
• Jordan, Chris. At a Crossroad Plagiarisms.
  Crossroads. Fall 2006, 3.
• Journalism.org. Resources. 11 Nov 2006
  lthttp//www.journalism.org/resources/briefing/arch
  ive/blair.aspgt

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More Sources

• KSL. Image of SUU. www.ksl.com
• Lathrop, Ann and Kathleen Foss. Student Cheating
  and Plagiarism in the Internet Era. Englewood,
  CO Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
• Maffly, Brian. Is Southern Utah University
  tolerating plagiarism by ESL students. Salt
  Lake Tribune. 4 Dec 2012. Web. 7 Jan 2013.
• Mcentee, Peg. McEntee Writing wrong Utah
  teachers confront the plague of plagiarism. The
  Salt Lake Tribune. 9 Dec 2012. Web. 7 Jan 2013.
• McGregor, Joy. Visualizing Synthesis. Charles
  Sturt University. Slide Share. 2004. Web. 7 Jan
  2012. http//www.slideshare.net/joymcg/visualising
  -synthesis

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More Sources

• Microsoft Word 2000. Word Help. 10 Sep 2007
  lthttp//www.bcschools.net/staff/WordHelp.htmIntro
  
• Office Online. Clip Art and Media. 10 Sep 2007
  lthttp//office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.asp
  x?lcen-usgt
• Valenza, Joyce. What Is Plagiarism.
  Powerpoint Presentation. 10 Sep 2007
• lthttp//www.sdst.org/shs/library/powerpoint/plagia
  rism.ppt plagiarism.pptgt
• Wikipedia. Barack Obama Official Portrait.
  2012. Web. 7 Jan 2013.