Transcript Student-resource-Learning-to-Recognise-Plagiarism

Learning to recognise
plagiarism
Where do you cross the line?
Here are six ways to use sources. Example number one is plagiarism; example
six is not. Where do you cross the line?
1. Copying a paragraph word for word from a source without
acknowledgement.
2. Copying a paragraph and making small changes ‐e.g. replacing a few
verbs, replacing an adjective with a synonym; acknowledgement in the
bibliography.
3. Cutting and pasting a paragraph by using sentences of the original
but omitting one or two and putting one or two in a different order, no
quotation marks; with an in‐text acknowledgement plus bibliography.
4. Composing a paragraph by taking short phrases from a number of
sources and putting them together using words of your own to make a
coherent whole with an in‐text acknowledgement plus bibliography.
5. Paraphrasing a paragraph by rewriting with substantial changes in
language and organisation; the new version will also have changes in
the amount of detail used and the examples cited; citing in bibliography.
6. Quoting a paragraph by placing it in block format with the source cited
in text and bibliography.
Based on an exercise in Swales and Feale(1993), cited by Jude Carroll (2001).
Where would you draw the line
between a plagiarising
approach and “acceptable
quoting technique”?
Please ignore the absence of
citations in this instance
Opinion is often divided
between 3 and 4. This reflects
the opinions of the authors,
who also disagree on whether
point 4:
“Composing a paragraph by
taking short standard phrases
from a number of sources and
putting them together with
some words of your own”
is acceptable.
In some contexts e.g. learning
to write academically, it may be.
In some academic disciplines,
the use of stock phrases is
common.
Online Quiz:
Original Source Material
Sample of Student Written Work
Technology has significantly
transformed education at several
major turning points in our history. In
the broadest sense, the first
technology was the primitive modes
of communication used by
prehistoric people before the
development of spoken language.
Mime, gestures, grunts, and drawing
of figures in the sand with a stick
were methods used to communicate
-- yes, even to educate. Even
without speech, these prehistoric
people were able to teach their
young how to catch animals for food,
what animals to avoid, which
vegetation was good to eat and
which was poisonous.
(Quoted from: Frick, T. (1991; 2000)
Restructuring Education Through
Technology)
The first technology was the primitive modes of
communication used by prehistoric people
before the development of spoken language.
Bibliography:
Frick, T. (1991). Restructuring education
through technology. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta
Kappa Educational Foundation
Ted Frick : Indiana University Bloomington School of Education- 1.
Is this plagiarism?
• No.
• Yes, because it quotes another person's actual words,
either oral or written; and it is not appropriately
acknowledged.
• Yes, because it paraphrases another person's words,
either oral or written; and it is not appropriately
acknowledged.
• Yes, because it uses another person's idea, opinion, or
theory; and it is not properly acknowledged.
• Yes, because it borrows facts, statistics, or other
illustrative material, unless the information is common
knowledge; and it is not properly acknowledged
Viv Thom Sheffield Hallam University
2013
slide 2.
Original Source Material
Sample of Student Written Work
Technology has significantly
transformed education at several
major turning points in our history. In
the broadest sense, the first
technology was the primitive modes
of communication used by
prehistoric people before the
development of spoken language.
Mime, gestures, grunts, and drawing
of figures in the sand with a stick
were methods used to communicate
-- yes, even to educate. Even
without speech, these prehistoric
people were able to teach their
young how to catch animals for food,
what animals to avoid, which
vegetation was good to eat and
which was poisonous.
(Quoted from: Frick, T. (1991; 2000)
Restructuring Education Through
Technology)
Frick (1991) believes that "... the first
technology was the primitive modes
of communication used by
prehistoric people before the
development of spoken language"
(p. 10).
Bibliography:
Frick, T. (1991). Restructuring
education through technology.
Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa
Educational Foundation
Ted Frick : Indiana University Bloomington School of Education- 1.
Slide 3
Source Material
Sample of Student Written Work
Frick (1991) believes that the first
technology was the primitive modes
of communication used by
Technology has significantly transformed
prehistoric people before the
education at several major turning points in our
history. In the broadest sense, the first technology development of spoken language.
Bibliography:
was the primitive modes of communication used
Frick, T. (1991). Restructuring
by prehistoric people before the development of
education through technology.
spoken language. Mime, gestures, grunts, and
Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa
drawing of figures in the sand with a stick were
Educational Foundation
methods used to communicate -- yes, even to
educate. Even without speech, these prehistoric
people were able to teach their young how to
catch animals for food, what animals to avoid,
which vegetation was good to eat and which was
poisonous.
(Quoted from: Frick, T. (1991; 2000)
Restructuring Education Through Technology)
Original Source Material
Technology has significantly transformed
education at several major turning points in
our history. In the broadest sense, the first
technology was the primitive modes of
communication used by prehistoric people
before the development of spoken language.
Mime, gestures, grunts, and drawing of
figures in the sand with a stick were methods
used to communicate -- yes, even to educate.
Even without speech, these prehistoric
people were able to teach their young how to
catch animals for food, what animals to avoid,
which vegetation was good to eat and which
was poisonous.
(Quoted from: Frick, T. (1991; 2000)
Restructuring Education Through
Technology)
Sample of Student Written Work
Frick (1991) believes that "... the first
technology was the primitive modes of
communication used by prehistoric people
before the development of spoken language"
(p. 10).
Bibliography:
Frick, T. (1991). Restructuring education
through technology. Bloomington, IN: Phi
Delta Kappa Educational Foundation