Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Post-7: Dealing with plagiarism

Dear All,

I thought you had a good idea what constitutes plagiarism, and thus there is no need to discuss this question with you. However, when reading your works I discovered an example of blatant plagiarism in one of the works written earlier by one of your peers. Thus I think it is necessary to return to the discussion of this issue to make it clearer to you what it is and how to avoid it.

Below is a short test which I am asking you to complete on your own before we'll discuss the answers together. Read the descriptions of the situations that refer to how smth was written and decide which of the situations presents a case of plagiarism. Also, explain why if you can.

1. An article is copied from some source (e.g. Wikipedia) and is submitted as the student's piece of writing.
2. Some portions of the student's writing are copied from some source (e.g. Wikipedia).
3. A sentence or a phrase in the student's piece of writing is copied from some source (e.g. Wikipedia).
4. Some information from Wikipedia is quoted in the student's essay and the article reference information is given.
5. Some information from Wikipedia is summarised by the student and a reference is provided.
6. Some information from Wikipedia is summarised by the student in his own words but no reference is provided.
7. Some information from Wikipedia is paraphrased in the student's work but no reference is provided.
8. The information from Wikipedia is quoted and properly attributed.
9. The information from Wikipedia is summarised and properly attributed.
10. The information from Wikipedia is paraphrased and properly attributed.

When you finish, we'll discuss your answers and will do a number of exercises to help you have practise in writing without plagiarising.

Here is a presentation we're going to watch to learn more about what to do and how to avoid plagiarising:

http://library.acadiau.ca/research/tutorials/you-quote-it-you-note-it.html

Next, let's do the exercise the link to which is provided below:
https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/jennifer.vacca/engl1301/argument-research-essay/purdue-owl-quoting-summarizing-and-paraphrasing-handouts-and-exercise

Write your version of paraphrased sentence 1 in the thread

I'll also add another exercise to help you practise paraphrasing later today (13.11.2019)

You should practise paraphrasing the other excerpts from the exercise from the Purdue University (the link is above)

More materials (added 25.11.2019)

Dear All,

We're practising paraphrasing with you and doing a set of exercises to help you master this skill. First, we're going to watch a video explaining what constitutes plagiarism and how you can paraphrase the other people's words not to plagiarise:
Stop Thief. Avoid Plagiarism  by Paraphrasing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3EHIoa9HI

Next we'll discuss the difference between quoting, paraphrasing and summarising:

 https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/index.html
After that we will discuss the steps to paraphrasing without plagiarising in more detail:
https://bit.ly/37nsKum (Douglas College exercise)
And then we'll do a number of exercises to practise paraphrasing and summarising:

a)  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/paraphrasing.html


c) More paraphrasing exercises (with answers): (added 25.11.2019)

http://intranet.yorksj.ac.uk/learnteach/epax/paraphrasing/Para3tryme.pdf
 Do Exercise D from the resource above under c) at home, we'll discuss it first and do Exercise E in which you are asked to summarise 3 passages. Please, read them at home, so that you'd be familiar with their content.

Try to do the exercises yourselves first and then check yourselves against the KEY. Makes notes for us to be able to compare your answers with the key 






14 comments:

  1. Question 1:P definitely plagiarised, no doubts about it
    Question 2: DEFINETELY plagiarised, no doubt
    Question 3 Again, it is the case of plagiarism, though we're talking about "just" one sentence!
    Question 4: This is what you should do, it's an example of one of the ways of encorporating smb else's ideas into your writing
    Question 5: Seequ 4, not plagiarised
    Question 6: it is plagiarised, again
    Question 7: same as 5 & 6
    Question 8: Not plagiarised
    Question 9: Not plagiarised
    Question 10: Not plagiarised

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  2. If smb does it without knowing it,it is still the case of plagiarism.

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  3. Generally, your quotation should not6 be more than 2-3 lines and it should be said in such a beautiful and eloquent way that you cannot express this idea better.

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  4. When do you need to paraphrase? Find an answer to this question on the internet and explain why you have chosen the resource you have

    Use it when you want to avoid the quotation

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    1. https://writingcenter.gmu.edu/guides/when-to-summarize-paraphrase-and-quote

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  5. When you want to reflect the idea w/o using the exact words

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  6. When the original is too complicated and you want to simplify it to help your readers to understand it

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    1. https://writingcommons.org/open-text/research-methods-methodologies/integrate-evidence/summarize-paraphrase-sources/692-when-to-quote-and-when-to-paraphrase

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  7. One of the main sources of cold on the Earth is the Antarctic. It helps to keep the temperature of our planet balanced.However, now it is endangered due to human activity. From "Captain Cousteau," Audubon (May 1990):17.

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  9. N. Yu. Here is a sample paraphrasis of the 1st excerpt:According to Jacques Cousteau, the activity of people in Antarctica is jeopardizing a delicate natural mechanism that controls the earth's climate. He fears that human activity could interfere with the balance between the sun, the source of the earth's heat, and the important source of cold from Antarctic waters that flow north and cool the oceans and atmosphere ("Captain Cousteau" 17).

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  10. The Antarctic cools our planet and has great control over our climate. The cold ocean water around Antarctica mixes with tropical ocean waters, and thus helps to cool the surface water and the atmosphere. But this system is now threatened by human activity.
    ("Captain Cousteau" 17).

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