Information Centre Presentation

True or False, 100% similarity report submitted by students is considered plagiarism?

• True

• False

This statement is plagiarism: Ethnocentrism is a belief or assumption is an overview about a class of people, objects, or events that are widely held.

• True

• False

Support your answer from the above question.

What is Technically Weak Referencing?

• An attempt to reference in a manner that is not technically correct.

• Use of the words, ideas, sounds or images of another person in such a way that an impression is created that they are your own.

• The appropriate acknowledgement of the ideas and creations that have influenced an author.

IIE considers technically weak referencing as plagiarism

• True

• False

The students paper below consists of a minor error (technical correctness) what percentage would you deduct?

According to Heybels & Washer (2004, pp68-71)

• 2%

• 3%

• 5%

Where on the IIE library website would you find IIE Harvard Reference Guide?

• Research support

• Student services

• E-shelf