ED1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Academic Dishonesty
ED1111- Lecture 1
Avoiding Plagiarism
Using other peoples ideas
- Show you have understood
- Demonstrate critical capacity
- Support argument
- Avoid plagiarism
What is plagiarism?
1. using someone else's words or ides and implying or pretending that they are your ideas or
words
2. Seen as a form or theft
Accidental Plagiarism
1. No citations for sources
2. Notes are not clear
Deliberate plagiarism
- Copy from a source
- Claim that you have written it
- From a peer or a source
- Likely to be caught
- Penalties
How to avoid plagiarism
- Acknowledge sources
- Provide a citation in text
- List of references in bibliography
- Many accepted systems - e.g., Harvard or APA
Direct Quotation
- You use the exact words of the author using appropriate punctuation
- Best used when you want t use the authors exact words or support your paper with evidence
Summarising
- Use other peoples ideas by summarising their main points
- Must provide a citation when you have summarised
Paragraphing
- Rewriting other peoples ideas in your own words
Synthesising
- Use other peoples ideas by bringing together multiple sources in your own words
- Must provide a citation
Summary
- The main voice of the assignment should be yours
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Document Summary
What is plagiarism: using someone else"s words or ides and implying or pretending that they are your ideas or words, seen as a form or theft. Accidental plagiarism: no citations for sources, notes are not clear. Many accepted systems - e. g. , harvard or apa. You use the exact words of the author using appropriate punctuation. Best used when you want t use the authors exact words or support your paper with evidence. Use other peoples ideas by summarising their main points. Must provide a citation when you have summarised. Rewriting other peoples ideas in your own words. Use other peoples ideas by bringing together multiple sources in your own words. The main voice of the assignment should be yours. To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one"s own. Use (another"s production) without crediting the source. Present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
