Plagiarism, Parenthetical Citations & Works Cited Page

What is Plagiarism? Presenting the words, images, ideas, sounds, or creative expressions of others as your own.

Do Students Plagiarize? “A study of almost 4,500 students at 25 schools suggests cheating is . . . a significant problem in high school. 74% of the respondents admitted to one or more instances of serious test cheating and 72% admitted to serious cheating on written assignments. Over half of the students admitted they have engaged in some level of plagiarism on written assignments using the Internet.” Source: “CIA Research” Center for Academic Integrity, Duke University, 2003.

You Have Probably Plagiarized If: You have included the ideas and words of others that you neglect to cite You have had help you wouldn’t want the teacher to know about

Two Types of Plagiarism Intentional ● Copying a friend’s work ● Buying or borrowing a paper ● Cutting and pasting blocks of text from the Internet Unintentional ● Paraphrasing carelessly ● Documenting poorly ● Quoting excessively ● Changing only a few words

Consequences of Plagiarism Zero on the assignment Suspension from NBECHS on second offense Note on permanent record At Moreno Valley College, possible removal from the program, which means you can no longer attend NBECHS

Basic Set-up Margins: One-inch margins all around the text of your paper. Spacing: Double space everything Font: Times New Roman Size: 12 point Heading: Name Teacher’s name Course name and number Date (day, month, year) Title: Center on the page without underlining Page Numbers: Last name and page number on every page

Sample Set-up

Parenthetical Citations (Books) Author’s name and page number listed in text. Example: “British and American women earned first-class pay for first-class work” (Gilbert 236-7). Example: During World War I, British and American women could, for the first time, earn first-class pay for high quality work (Gilbert 236-7). Example: Pope was clear to point out that, although many of his ideas were idealistic, Rousseau held ambivalent feelings toward women (138).

Parenthetical Citations (Website) Author’s name, title of article (or partial title) in parenthesis. Example: “Life is hard, but one must persevere” (Sweeny). Example: Classroom management is one of the most important skills for new teachers to hone (Classroom Management).

Practice with Parenthetical Citations Education is context specific and context- dependent. Context refers to the settings or surroundings in which education takes place. A student teacher is faced with the exciting but challenging task of assimilating a variety of contexts very rapidly when embarking upon teaching practice, whether during a course of initial teacher pre-service education or as a newly qualified teacher entering a first appointment in a school. These contexts vary from the very broad and general macro-contexts at a societal level to the very specific micro-contexts of a particular school, class and lesson. The prospect can be daunting, as we see in some student teachers’ concern for short-term survival in a new classroom. The thrust of this book is to support students in their initial teaching experiences – the micro-contexts of everyday life in classrooms. 3

Summarized Text Teachers have many things to consider including the larger societal issues and smaller issues that directly impact their classrooms and lessons (Cohen, Manion, and Morrison 3).

Finding Information for Works Cited Page (in books)

Works Cited Page (book) Author’s last name, Author’s first name. Title. City: Publisher, Year. Print. Cohen, Louis. A Guide to Teaching Practice. New York: Routledge-Falmer, 2004. Print.

Practice with Parenthetical Citations

Summarized Text Though many teens talk about having sex, only about one half are actually doing it (Covey 197).

Finding Information for Works Cited Page (in books) Look behind the title page of the book and at your MLA format guide to help you cite this source for a works cited page Write this in your notes for practice

Works Cited Page (book) Author’s last name, Author’s first name. Title. City: Publisher, Year. Print. Covey, Sean. The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make. New York: Simon & Shuster, Inc, 2006. Print.

Finding Information for Works Cited Page (on websites) http://k6educators/classroommanagement/htm

Works Cited Page (website) “Title of Article.” Name of site. Date of posting or revision. Name of Publisher. Date of Access. Web. <web address>. “Top Eight Reasons Why Non-Teachers Can Never Really Understand Our Job” 3 March 2013. Web.<http://k6educators/classroommanagement/htm >.

Sample Works-Cited Page