1. Academic Honesty

3. Understanding the Behaviour

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ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
scamming
ripping off
copying
taking the easy way out
stealing
breaking the rules
plagiarising
No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson ( )

5. What is plagiarism?
According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to “plagiarize” means:
To steal and pass off [the ideas or words of another] as one’s own
To use [another’s production] without crediting the source
To commit literary theft
To present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

6. Did you know that… Research shows that cheaters :
tend to be the better students, since they were often under the most academic pressure to succeed

7. How Often Does it Occur?
80% of high achievers have admitted to having plagiarized at least once
Half said … “I don’t think it is wrong.”
95% said… “I have never been caught”
3 in 4 students admitted to plagiarizing on at least some parts of term papers
“Recent studies indicate that approximately 30 percent of all students may be plagiarizing on every written assignment they complete.” Turnitin.com

8. What do you think academic honesty includes?
Let's discuss it...
What do you think academic honesty includes?
Downloading a text and handing it in
Getting a friend’s old assignment and handing it in
Handing in an assignment that you already did for
another class
Giving somebody an assignment to copy
Copying from one of your peers on a test, quiz or
exam
Getting your parents, family or friends to write some
of your work for you ?

9. What do you think academic honesty includes?
Let's discuss it...
What do you think academic honesty includes?
Copying a friend’s homework
Working on an assignment with others when it
was assigned as individual work
Copying one sentence from an internet site with
out citation
Using another person’s ideas as your own
Changing the words around to make it yours, but
not citing the source of the information ?

10. Academic Dishonesty Includes…
Copying and pasting from an electronic encyclopedia, online database, or the Internet
Buying a paper from the Internet or another source
Finding an essay in a foreign language and then using a program to translate it
Quoting directly from a source without citation
Paraphrasing but not citing the source
Using an essay from another course/source
Copying a friend’s homework or project
Using another person’s ideas as your own
Source: Ontario School Library Association Grade 12 Supports

11. Who Cares?
Teachers
Parents
Students
Employers

12. You Are Here to LEARN
Course curriculum.… “If you use other people’s work you aren’t learning the material.”
Good work habits… “Don’t leave things to the last minute and you won’t need to panic and plagiarize.”
How to properly cite work…“Give CREDIT where CREDIT is DUE!”

13. You Are Here to LEARN
Honest and integrity…“Feel proud about your accomplishments rather than guilty about your dishonesty”
Fairness: “How is your cheating fair to your peers who are also trying to succeed?”
It makes our job harder … “I hate having to look for copied work instead of marking.
Legality…”In the workplace, people could get fired or sued for plagiarism.”

14. Why Students Are Tempted To Do It:
Stress and competition to do well in school (parents, getting into university/college) “ I am stressed out.”
It is worth the risk: “The odds are with me… I may get away with it.”
The teacher won’t notice and/or care
Some students feel their writing skills are inadequate
“Everyone else is doing it.”
“I didn’t know it was cheating/plagiarizing.”

15. Why Students Are Tempted To Do It:
Lack of perceived punishment. “Even if I get caught nothing will happen.”
Some students think that copying or buying material from the Web is a form of “research”
Poor time management skills. “I have too many things due.” “I’m working too many shifts.”
“I didn’t understand the material.”
“I just wanted to help my friend”

16. Why Students Come To Their Senses:
Right vs. wrong  “It is wrong.”
It isn’t worth the risk: “If I get caught, I’ll be in a lot of trouble!”
Fear of disappointing parents, teachers, friends…themselves
Integrity … honesty
Fear of punishment
Pride in work

17. Preventing Academic Dishonesty

18. Give credit where credit is due!
Acknowledge your sources of ideas and information when you write a research paper, create a poster, post a web site or do a presentation
4 p’s – papers, posters, postings, presentation
Source: Ontario School Library Association Grade 12 Supports

19. Use information in a legal and ethical way
Don’t look for ‘short cuts’
Give yourself time to plan your work
Be confident in the value of your own ideas
Use your own voice in your writing
Develop strong research and literacy skills
Ask for assistance from your teacher
Don’t look for “short cuts”.
Learning is a process with many important steps along the way – Hey, you need the practice!
The journey is one you’ll take many times throughout your life
Worth the effort – the grade belongs to you and you alone
Give yourself time
Don’t leave it to the night before when you may be tempted to plagiarize
Be confident in the value of your own ideas
The assignment was given to you with the purpose of having you demonstrate your learning-not someone else’s!
Be yourself in your writing
The teacher does not expect your writing to be that of a professor, or wordsmith. Your unacknowledged use of an author’s distinctive word or “unique phrase” often is the red flag to teachers.
Remember that the only the expression of information is protected by copyright. So putting ideas or information that you have researched into your own words is not an infringement of the copyright, as long as you cite it.
Developing your own personal style of writing is only done with practice.
Develop strong research and literacy skills
Learn a research process
Learn how to cite sources
Ask for assistance
Teachers are there to help throughout the process. They have been there before!
Source: Ontario School Library Association Grade 12 Supports

20. Use school as an opportunity to fine-tune your research and writing skills:
Asking key questions
Note-taking
Organizing
Paraphrasing
Revising and editing
Citing sources
Review the school’s research model (or use the 4 major stages of OSLA’s Information Studies’ Inquiry and Research model
Source: Ontario School Library Association Grade 12 Supports

21. Resources to Support Preventing Academic Dishonesty
Teachers and teacher-librarians
School research and essay writing guides
Student Research Guides
Your school’s research guides in the library
Books
Large variety of books on writing essays, reports, etc.
Class Website and Student Agendas
The Internet
OWL at Purdue University: Avoiding Plagiarism
owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/REsearchW/plag.html
Help is there for the asking
Add examples from your own school situation – especially existing school research and essay writing guides
Use the Internet for the purpose of learning how to research and how to acknowledge sources
Source: Ontario School Library Association Grade 12 Supports

22. Be Careful with Peer Editing
Friends?
There is a difference between editing and revision
If you get others to look over your work, they should only point out areas for improvement – if they revise your work for you, then it isn’t your own work
Parents?
Teachers?

23. Responding to Academic Dishonesty

24. Chances are…you’ll get caught!
Teachers know you and your writing style
Teachers have great memories
Teachers are content experts and read widely
Teachers, teacher-librarians and administrators work as a team to trace questionable information
High-tech programs are available to detect plagiarism see
Source: Ontario School Library Association Grade 12 Supports

25. What are the consequences?
If I cheat could I still get a zero?
You could. Teachers need to collect evidence of your learning in order to determine your overall mark. If you cheat, then you are not demonstrating your learning.
Your teacher should conference with you to determine the best way for you to demonstrate your learning so that an applicable grade can be determined
However, at the end of the semester, if you have not demonstrated the required learning, then a zero may be assigned.

26. What are the consequences?
How will I make up the test, paper, assignment, project?
This is up to your teacher but he/she may have you…
Complete a different assignment, rewrite a different test, complete a paper instead of a test that you have cheated on
Remove you from a group and have you complete an individual assignment,
Spend time over lunch completing extra work and/or the project your have plagiarized

27. Further Consequences
Your name may be entered in a book that records all instances of academic dishonesty
You may have difficulty getting your teacher to recommend you and/or write you a letter of reference for a school, award, scholarship or job
You may be asked to visit the principal to discuss the matter further
You may be required to make up the work through a detention or ‘make up’ classes over lunch
Your parents/guardians may be involved

28. Last Resort

29. Last Resort
“Exhausting all other options with students who have not demonstrated evidence of the required learning prior to the reporting period, a zero may be assigned as a last resort” (HDSB Policy)

30. Remember…
It is better to ask for an extension for an assignment than to take the “easy way” out
Teachers are here to help you to learn
You are here to learn so you can be successful after high school
If you don’t understand the assignment, the instructions or the expectations, ask for help!

31. Any Questions?
                

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