An introduction for college students KCTCS defines plagiarism as: “the act of presenting ideas, words, or organization of a source, published or not, as if they were one’s own. All quoted material must be in quotation marks, and all paraphrases, quotations, significant ideas, and organization must be acknowledged by some form of documentation acceptable to the instructor for the course ” (“Code of Student Conduct”). About 61 percent of the 14,000 undergraduate students surveyed between 2006‐2010 admitted to cheating on assignments and exams (Gabriel). About 55 percent of college presidents felt plagiarism was increasing, and 89 percent of them attributed that to the internet (Gormly). Copying homework answers. Sharing test or quiz answers. Reusing an assignment from another class. Purchasing a written assignments to turn in. Cut‐and‐paste plagiarism: Copying a few sentences at a time from the internet. Incorrectly citing work: Not giving credit to the appropriate author. Not citing others’ work (lack of any citations) . Fabricating citations (making up sources). Internet shows us so many examples of text, music and images online without credit that the idea of plagiarism is not fully understood (Gabriel). Students don’t value their own ideas and work (Gormly). Student caught plagiarizing a personal‐reflection essay: “I thought you’d rather have it be right than what I think” (Gormly). Ran out of time to do the assignment, turned to cheating as a last resort (Gormly). Colleges try to address plagiarism multiple ways: More in‐class writing assignments and tests. Software that checks assignments for plagiarism. Tutorials that give examples of plagiarism, followed by a quiz, that students must complete before enrolling in classes. More information about what constitutes plagiarism posted to college websites. About 55 percent of colleges now use some kind of anti‐cheating computer software like Turnitin.com (Gabriel). Has students submit written assignments to be compared to billions of websites and other student papers before being sent to instructors for grading (Gabriel). Some college won’t use because they presume a student is guilty, “undermining the trust that instructors seek with students” (Gabriel). Keep careful notes of where you found info. Practice summarizing, paraphrasing and quoting (Purdue OWL has excellent tutorial) Cite all of your sources! Use the citation style preferred by your professor to create bibliographies and in‐text citations: ▪ American Psychological Association (APA 6th) ▪ Modern Language Association (MLA 7th) "Code of Student Conduct." Jefferson Community and Technical College. Kentucky Community and Technical College System, 1 June 2009. Web. Gabriel, Trip. "To Stop Cheats, Colleges Learn Their Trickery." New York Times: A1. Jul 06 2010. ProQuest. Web. 6 Feb. 2012. Gormly, Kellie B. “Internet Creates Rise in Cut‐and‐Paste Plagiarism.” Pittsburgh Tribune‐Review. Trib Total Media 23 Jan. 2012. Web. 6 Feb. 2012.
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