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What is Plagiarism ?

What is Plagiarism ?. Definition:. Plagiarism = presenting words , ideas, images, and/or sounds as your own. How serious is the problem?. The Center of Academic Integrity reports that 80% of college students admit to cheating at least once.

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What is Plagiarism ?

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  1. What is Plagiarism?

  2. Definition: Plagiarism = presenting words, ideas, images, and/or sounds as your own

  3. How serious is the problem? • The Center of Academic Integrity reports that 80% of college students admit to cheating at least once. • A survey by Psychological Record found that 36% of undergraduates admitted to plagiarizing written material. • Education Week conducted a survey that revealed 54% of students admitted to plagiarizing from the Internet for their class assignments. • This same survey also found that 47% of students believed their teachers sometimes chose to ignore evidence that students were cheating. http://freelance-writing.lovetoknow.com/Plagiarism_Statistics

  4. One major survey of high school students found that 58.3% of high school students let someone else copy their work in 1969, but 97.5% admitted to doing so in 1989. • Who's Who Among American High School Students reported that 4 out of 5 high-achieving high school students admitted to cheating on schoolwork during a 1998 survey. • University of California-Berkley officials report cheating on campus increased 744% from 1993 to 1997. http://freelance-writing.lovetoknow.com/Plagiarism_Statistics

  5. Have you ever… Then you have probably plagiarized! • Included words/ideas of others and did not cite source? • Had help you wouldn’t want teacher to know about? • Changed just a few words while trying to paraphrase? • Printed or included a picture from the internet w/o citing the source?

  6. Two types of plagiarism: • Intentional vs Unintentional • Brainstorm w/shoulder partner • In notes, list three examples of each

  7. Intentional Copying a friend’s work Buying or borrowing papers Cutting/pasting blocks of text from electronic sources w/o citing source Media “borrowing” graphics w/o citing source Web publishing without permissions of creators Unintentional Careless paraphrasing Poor documentation Quoting excessively Failure to use your own “voice” Two types of plagiarism:

  8. Excuses for plagiarism: • Brainstorm w/shoulder partner • Three excuses for plagiarizing • Write in your notes

  9. Why should you avoid plagiarizing? Is your academic reputation valuable to you? • Copying = cheating yourself (limit own learning). • Consequences = not worth risks! • Right = give credit to authors whose ideas you use. • Citing = authorityto the information you present. • Citing = your readers can locate your source. • Education = not “us vs. them” (game = learning to learn)! • Cheating = unethical behavior (character education)!

  10. Real life consequences: • Damaged reputation of 2 important historians: Stephen Ambrose /Doris Kearns Goodwin • Ambrose disgraced as historian; no longer considered a reliable source • Kearns left television position /is no longer a Pulitzer Prize judge = copied 50 passages for her 1987 book The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys (Lewis) • 45 students dismissed at Univ. of VA, 3 graduate degrees revoked • Midshipmen and Cadets @ all the service academies (West Point, Naval Academy, Air Force Academy, and Coast Guard Academy) =“separated” if discovered to be plagiarizing; must pay back $350,000 scholarship

  11. Strategies to avoid plagiarism • Practice good research methods • Know how to quote • Know how to cite • Know when something is common knowledge • Know how to paraphrase

  12. 8th Grade policy on plagiarizing: • Re-do for 50% credit and parent notification for first offense • Automatic zero, parent notification, and office referral on all subsequent offense Is it worth the risk?

  13. “Cyber-cheating” in the digital age • Plagiarism before the Internet era: books, journals, fraternity test files, etc. • In the present day: far easier to cheat, but it’s also growing easier to detect

  14. “Cyber-cheating” in the digital age • Technology has made it easier to track down and identify cases of plagiarism – you won’t get away with it. • TurnItIn.com • Subscribe by organization • http://www.grammarly.com/?q=plagiarism • Free to anyone

  15. The Answer is “YES!”

  16. CONCLUSION • Accidental plagiarism = intentional • Plan ahead / use good research skills • Won’t be in time crunch • Won’t feel pressured to plagiarize • Learn from past mistakes • Understand = plagiarism can cost your • Reputation • Grade • HS Diploma • College Degree • Career

  17. Some slides = courtesy of Springfield School District, Oreland, Pa. http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/powerpoint/plagiarism.ppt Graphics= courtesy of the following: http://www.stjohns.edu http://www.imagechef.com http://www.keeble.ox.ac.uk http://www.marketingtochina.com http://libguides.hct.ac.ae/content http://www.jameswwilson.com/wordpress http://library.austincc.edu

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