Academic Honesty

How can you EASILY avoid unintentional plagiarism?

• Paraphrasing

• Re-wording a sentence

• Citing your sources

Which of the following does not need to be cited:

• Paraphrased information

• Direct quotes

• Common knowledge

• Secondary sources

Plagiarism is... 

• The intentional use of another's ideas, words, or work as your own. 
• A great trick for passing when you don't want to do the work yourself. 
• Intentionally using false data to make your lab report seem more legitimate. 
• Copying an old assignment from one of your other classes. 

According to our school's Academic Honesty Policy the consequence for this student would be...

• Earn a "F" on the test with no make-up.

• Receive a referral and a disciplinary hearing w/parents.

• Both of these things.

You take a sentence from a professional journal and reorder the phrases, keeping the meaning and most phrases intact. You do not cite your source.
Is this plagiarism?

• YES
• NO

Material on the Web is free for anyone to use.

• TRUE
• FALSE

When faced with a situation of academic dishonesty, the best course of action is to contact your teacher first.

• true
• false

What is academic honesty?

• Being fair

• Copying ideas

• Cheating

• plagiarism

Telling someone the homework he has to do:

• Academic dishonesty

• Not academic dishonesty

Sending your finished homework to a friend so they can get ideas:

• Academic dishonesty

• Not academic dishonesty