WRITING ISSUES: Plagiarism!

1. WRITING ISSUES:Plagiarism! Michael Frizell, Director

2. "Writing is so complex an activity, so closely tied to a person's intellectual development, that it must be nurtured and practiced over all the years of a student's schooling and in every curricular area."--Dr. Barbara Walvoord, University of Notre Dame Initial Thoughts about Writing in ANY Classroom Adapted from: Barbara Gross Davis, University of California, Berkeley, http://teaching.berkeley.edu Supplemented with material from: Because Writing Matters from the National Writing Project

3. PART 1: Writing Effective Papers

4. “The act of writing something down is basically the decision to forget it.” - Plato Pictured: Aristotle & Homer

5. UNTITLED INSTRUCTIONS The procedure is actually quite simple. First, you arrange things into different groups. Of course, one pile may be sufficient depending on how much there is to do. If you have to go somewhere else due to lack of facilities, that is the next step. Otherwise, you are pretty well set. It is important not to overdo things. That is, it is better to do too few things at once than too many. In the short run this may not seem important but complications can easily arise. A mistake can be expensive as well. At first, the whole procedure will seem complicated. Soon, however, it will become just another facet of life. It is difficult to foresee any end to the necessity for this task in the immediate future, but then one can never tell. After the procedure is completed, one arranges the materials into different groups again. Then they can be put into their appropriate places. Eventually, they will be used once more, and the whole procedure will then have to be repeated. However, this is part of life.

7. UNTITLED INSTRUCTIONS To do it, you should position your front foot with your toe slid back toward the heel-edge. Your rear foot should be positioned with your toe on the opposite corner, namely the toe-edge of the tail. At a moderate to slow speed, pop an ollie, but as you kick your front foot for the "flip," swing your back foot underneath and behind you 360-shove-it-style. This will rotate it around as it spins. The whole thing should take about the same amount of time a kickflip does, so you won't have to hang too long. When the nose comes back around and the griptape side shows upward, stick your feet back on and land it.

9. Academic Writing…

10. Paper Structure

11. PART 2: PLAGIARISM

12. Plagiarism and The community of scholars that is Missouri State University is committed to developing educated persons. It is believed that educated persons will accept responsibility to act in accordance with the following principles: • Practicing personal and academic integrity • Being a full participant in the educational process, and respecting the right of all to contribute to the “Marketplace of Ideas” • Treating all persons with civility, while understanding that tolerating an idea is not the same as supporting it • Being a steward of the shared resources of the community of scholars • Choosing to accept these principles suggests that each participant of the community refrains from and discourages behavior that threatens the freedom and respect each member deserves.

13. Academic Dishonesty is… • Cheating • Fabrication or other misconduct in research. • Plagiarism • Facilitating academic dishonesty.

14. Instructor Sanctions • denying credit on an assignment and/or examination • requiring additional assignments and/or examinations • lowering the student’s course grade • issuing a failing course grade (“F”) • issuing a failing course grade of “XF”, which indicates that this failing grade was due to academic dishonesty. The grade “XF” shall be treated as an “F” grade for the purposes of grade point average, course repeatability, and determination of academic standing.

16. Accidental Plagiarism • Most Common Cause: • Unacceptable Paraphrasing • Misuse/Misplacement of citation and/or credit. • How do I fix it? • When copying a source to your notes, place them in quotations. • When your notes include an original idea, highlight it and write in whether it was yours or someone else’s. • Check you final text against your notes. Give credit where needed!

17. CITING SOURCES.

18. What’s a Citation?

19. Why should I cite sources?

20. Avoiding Plagiarism

21. Avoiding Plagiarism

22. How do you paraphrase?

23. Change word form or part of speech Paraphrasing: ORIGINAL BECOMES When American journalists cover events, they often display a Western bias. • "American news coverage is frequently biased in favor of Western views.“

24. Paraphrasing: Use synonyms of "relationship words" ORIGINAL BECOMES Higher university tuition costs are due to lack of money in the state budget. Or University tuition fees have increased because of the state's financial problems. • "Budget shortfalls at the state level have resulted in higher tuition costs at universities."

25. Paraphrasing: Use synonyms of "relationship words" ORIGINAL BECOMES Most college students have some leisure time, but college athletes seldom do. • "Unlike many undergraduate students, college athletes have very littlefree time.“

26. Paraphrasing: Use synonyms of phrases and words ORIGINAL BECOMES Many applicants feel nervous about job interviews. • "Job interviews put many people on edge.“

27. Paraphrasing: Change the word order ORIGINAL BECOMES Universities accept students before their high school graduationunder the early admission system. • "Under the early admission system, students are acceptedby colleges before they graduate from high school.“

28. Paraphrasing: Use reversals or negatives that do not change the meaning ORIGINAL BECOMES This species is not found on land. • "This unusual species is only found underwater.“

29. …but don’t overwrite! • “The biots exhibited a 100% mortality rate.” • All the fish died.

30. When to use citations…

31. Common Knowledge Vs. Unique Ideas

32. What happens when your "scholarly source" is plagiarized?

33. The Passage in Question… by Ann Jackman 01/01/2003 http://newenglandfilm.com/print/2011 by Tushar Unadkat May 2008 http://www.studentfilmmakers.com/ It is the PD's responsibility to find the right visual and spatial elements that best convey the film's theme and emotion. Vincent LoBrutto's book, "By Design: Interviews with Film Production Designers," the PD must have "a thorough knowledge of a film's setting, from the basics of architectural style to the shape of a cufflink." • It is the PD’s responsibility to find the right visual and spatial elements that best convey the film’s theme and emotion. According to C.S. Tashiro in his book "Pretty Pictures: Production Design and the History of Film," the PD must have "a thorough knowledge of a film’s setting, from the basics of architectural style to the shape of a cufflink."

34. What would you do? Who is correct?

35. Helpful Resources… MSU Library Guide – Plagiarism http://guides.library.missouristate.edu/content.php?pid=16689&sid=343754 Turnitin.com http://graduate.missouristate.edu/59740.htm Academic Integrity Policy http://www.missouristate.edu/academicintegrity/ For students: http://www.missouristate.edu/assets/AcademicIntegrity/Academic_Integrity_Policy_Revised_Jan_2008.pdf

36. THANK YOU! 1st Floor, Meyer Libraryhttp://bearclaw.missouristate.edu(417) 836-5006BearCLAW@MissouriState.edu Michael Frizell Director of Student Learning Services Meyer Library 112 MichaelFrizell@MissouriState.edu (417) 836-5006 For questions about… The Absent Professor Program & Prefects http://AbsentProf.MissouriState.edu Group-Led Educational Experience (GLEE) Formerly: The Supplemental Instruction Program (SI) http://SI.MissouriState.edu The Writing Center http://WritingCenter.MissouriState.edu WritingCenter@MissouriState.edu Diana Garland Director of the Learning Commons Meyer Library 113 DianaGarland@MissouriState.edu (417) 836-4229 For questions about… Subject- Area Tutoring Math Drop-In Tables Focused Drop-In Tables Study Skills Specialists