PART 1:
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM: In this lesson, you will learn to:
- Define plagiarism as taking credit for someone else's work, either intentionally or unintentionally
- Identify examples of plagiarism and suggest summary, paraphrase, and quotation as means of citing sources properly
- Learn techniques to avoid plagiarism and, furthermore, protect yourself against academic dishonesty
Defining Plagiarism: The definition of plagiarism, consequences, and determining what is and is not common knowledge should primarily be review. These two supplemental videos narrated by Nyssa Bulkes provide an overview of these concepts if you aren't sure: please watch Part 1 and Part 2.
As a graduate student at the University of Illinois, it is also imperative for you to be familiar with the university's definition and policies regarding plagiarism. While it is briefly mentioned in the video lecture, you should take the time to review the Student Code. The Code addresses the University of Illinois' position on plagiarism as well as punishments for those caught plagiarizing either intentionally or unintentionally. When visiting this link, search for "academic integrity" or scroll to page 15.
- University’s Handbook section on penalties for Academic Integrity violations for student interest: http://admin.illinois.edu/policy/code/article1_part4_1-403.html
- The True Costs of Research Misconduct infographic "illustrates the growing problem of plagiarism and other forms of misconduct in research, as well as the types of damages that are incurred by misconduct.”
You will each have 5 minutes to read your story and summarize it for the class (CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM). Open the
AVOIDING PLAGIARISM PPT to the second slide to help with your summary.
What is
Plagiarism? PPT & Discussion
This presentation also discusses some
general misconceptions and consequences of plagiarism.
At the end of the ppt, scan through the ETHICS OF SELF-PLAGIARISM article. You can read it in more depth on your own time if you are interested.
Integrating Sources Chart
Open the INTEGRATING SOURCES WKST. Briefly go through the 3 ways to avoid
plagiarism and the difference between the words “citation” and “quotation”. Spend 5-10 minutes to fill in the chart and identify the examples
on the first page.
Integrating Sources
Analysis
Spend 10 minutes on an article from your field and do an analysis of
the source integration in an introduction by answering the questions on the
second page.
Part 2: SUMMARY, PARAPHRASE and QUOTATION: In this lesson, you will learn to...
- Differentiate a summary, a paraphrase, and a quotation from each other based on the in-text citation required for each in APA style
- Explain why one method of source integration is more appropriate than another based on the amount of information borrowed from the original source
- Recognize the neutrality of a summary by reading summaries that include sentences that use evaluative language
This week we discussed the importance of finding evidence to
adequately illustrate the points you make in your critique. When you look
to an external source for information to include as part of your own
argument, you will need to decide how to present that information. You
will choose one of three ways of source integration: summary, paraphrase, or quotation.
Integration of source text is often combined with synthesis of critical
evaluation, meaning you might need to use more than one strategy
(summary, paraphrase and quotation) and more than one source all in the
same sentence. Wow!
For the summary and quotation lesson, you should open the Purdue OWL chart and review the similarities and differences. Also, the following decision tree flow-chart is available for those of you looking for step-by-step instructions on when to summarize, when to paraphrase, and when to quote.
Here is a workshop on paraphrasing strategies. SAVE YOUR WORK for this activity into your dropbox as "paraphrase workshop":
Part 1 video on paraphrase
Part 2 video on paraphrase
For the summary and quotation lesson, you should open the Purdue OWL chart and review the similarities and differences. Also, the following decision tree flow-chart is available for those of you looking for step-by-step instructions on when to summarize, when to paraphrase, and when to quote.
Here is a workshop on paraphrasing strategies. SAVE YOUR WORK for this activity into your dropbox as "paraphrase workshop":
Part 1 video on paraphrase
Part 2 video on paraphrase
Additional info on plagiarism:
See the “True Costs of Research Misconduct” article for more information on the
consequences of plagiarism.
