Avoiding Plagiarism

Copying or close paraphrasing with occasional acknowledgement of the source may also be deemed to be plagiarism if the absence of quotation marks implies that the phraseology is the student’s own.

Part I. Each question is worth 3 points. For multiple choice questions, use highlight or bold to mark your answers.

□ I have read and understood the avoiding plagiarism guidelines at http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ltas/plagiarism/students.htm and no part of this work has been copied or paraphrased from any other source except where this has been clearly acknowledged in the body of the assignment and included in the reference list.

Plagiarism is mainly said to be classified by the “failure to give credit” (pg. 203). This may be true if the act was unintentional, but that is not always the case. Plagiarism is classified into four categories: Quotation, Paraphrase, Idea, and Translation. Quotation Plagiarism is the most common and the most detected form. This type occurs when a person forgets to include “” surrounding any content that is directly taken from another source. For example:

Even cite paraphrased information. Quoted or paraphrased material should not dominate a student’s work; use it sparingly to support your own thoughts, ideas, and examples.  Failure to properly cite material can jeopardize a passing grade on the exam. Your work may be submitted to turnitin.com, an online plagiarism checking service.

10. In the previous paragraph what is wrong with the plagiarism presented is that there is a phrase which is copied straight from the information that was given by the researchers about the physiological profiling and no credit was given to the source or author. There was no honesty showed and the lack of knowledge on the topic that is being written about.

Plagiarism occurs when someone just rewords another’s words instead of using their own ideas. It can also occur when someone forgets to put quotation marks, give credit, or forget an in-text citation (Moxley). By forgetting to give credit in any situation, one is considered to have plagiarized.

- If you are not sure you are plagiarising, better cite and reference the material to be sure.

I confirm that I have read the University regulations on plagiarism, and that this assignment is my own work.

The problem of plagiarism can be seen in different areas. The most common is found in academics. Usually plagiarism is copying, stealing someone else ideas. A student who is found quilty of plagiarism can be suspended or expelled (Nall and Gherwash, 2012). When comp arrives the policies of Gorge Brown ands the definitions of plagiarism are virtually the same, but the presentation of rules concerning plagiarism are very different. While Gorge Brown is very concise, Seneca is more detailed, but lacks organization.

2) I have read and understood the College regulations regarding Plagiarism and academic offences and this work conform to the requirements set out in those documents.

Plagiarism declaration: I have consulted the department policy on plagiarism and attach a signed plagiarism form. This work is my own.

By submitting this assignment, I declare that I have read the University guidelines and policy on plagiarism (available from http://www.uow.edu.au/about/policy/UOW058648.html), this assignment is entirely my own work and unplagiarised. The content of this assignment has not been submitted for assessment elsewhere.

I understand that plagiarism is the presentation of someone else’s ideas as my own. These ideas or words can come from a class mate, and ex-student, encyclopaedia, book, journal, magazine, newspaper, the internet, or even a pamphlet. When I have consulted such sources, they have been carefully and fully acknowledged, both in my assignment, and on my reference page. I have not plagiarised in this assignment.

NorthTec reserves the right to use electronic means to detect and help prevent plagiarism. Students agree that when submitting this assignment, it may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com.