Avoiding Plagiarism
The word plagiarism comes from a Latin word for kidnapping.
Plagiarism is stealing someone's ideas or intellectual property and therefore cheating.
Plagiarism is stealing someone's ideas or intellectual property and therefore cheating.
Some students plagiarise without realising the implications.
Sometimes plagiarism can be accidental, sometimes done on purpose or sometimes a result of being lazy and unorganised.
By copying whole paragraphs from different places, means students are not having to think about the subject, gathering their own thoughts about it, and then putting it into original words.
In order to avoid plagiarism, students need to understand that the purpose of an assessment task is to learn; to absorb information, internalise it, understand it, and explain it -- not just to research and write it.
It is important to ensure:
1. You put the information into your own words and
2. You always list the source where your information came from in your Bibliography or Reference List.
Sometimes plagiarism can be accidental, sometimes done on purpose or sometimes a result of being lazy and unorganised.
By copying whole paragraphs from different places, means students are not having to think about the subject, gathering their own thoughts about it, and then putting it into original words.
In order to avoid plagiarism, students need to understand that the purpose of an assessment task is to learn; to absorb information, internalise it, understand it, and explain it -- not just to research and write it.
It is important to ensure:
1. You put the information into your own words and
2. You always list the source where your information came from in your Bibliography or Reference List.
References
Scribendi. (2013). Plagiarism and Its Repercussions. Retrieved from:
http://www.scribendi.com/advice/plagiarism_and_repercussions.en.html
Universtiy of New South Wales. (2014). Plagiarism. Retrieved from:
https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism
Universtiy of New South Wales. (2014). Can You Recognise Plagiarism? Retrieved from:http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism/recognise_1.html
Scribendi. (2013). Plagiarism and Its Repercussions. Retrieved from:
http://www.scribendi.com/advice/plagiarism_and_repercussions.en.html
Universtiy of New South Wales. (2014). Plagiarism. Retrieved from:
https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism
Universtiy of New South Wales. (2014). Can You Recognise Plagiarism? Retrieved from:http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism/recognise_1.html
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