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Plagiarism is the stealing of ideas or knowledge. What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is the stealing of ideas or knowledge. In order to avoid plagiarism, be sure to: Give credit to original author Use quotes Cite information you gathered from other sources Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated. Candidates must be taught the meaning and significance of plagiarism. Cambridge uses plagiarism detection software packages. Candidates will be required to include a statement of originality confirming that the essay is their own work. The teacher responsible will be required to verify this statement. This statement must be included as part of the candidate’s submission to Cambridge. Details of where to find the statement of originality can be found in the Cambridge Global Perspectives Administrative Guide.

What is plagiarism? Sometimes people plagiarize without meaning to.   Sometimes people plagiarize without meaning to. The best way to avoid this is to give credit whenever you use: Another person’s idea, opinion, or theory Any facts, statistics, or any other pieces of information that are not common knowledge Quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words Paraphrase of another person’s spoken or written words In order to properly document information and avoid plagiarism, you must become familiar with quoting and paraphrasing.

What is quoting? This is when you use an author’s exact words. Avoid using quotes longer than four lines. However, if a quote is 40 words or more, you will need to block quote it. You should average one quote per page of text or less. Steps to quoting: Make sure the selection is not longer than four lines typed. Copy the selection Provide parenthetical documentation after the quote.

What is paraphrasing? Your own interpretation of essential information and ideas expressed by someone else, presented in a new form. Paraphrasing is one legitimate way to borrow from a source when accompanied by accurate documentation. It is a detailed restatement of the original information, rather than a summary, which focuses on a single main idea. Steps to paraphrasing: Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning. Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase in your own words. Check your rendition with the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form. Use quotation marks to identify any unique term you have borrowed exactly from the source. Provide parenthetical documentation after the passage.

Review the differences between quoting and paraphrasing: Quoting is using the author’s exact words. In your assignment, you should using avoid quotes longer than four lines. You should average one quote per page of text or less. Steps: Copy the selection as originally written Place inside quotation marks Provide parenthetical documentation after quote Paraphrasing is your own interpretation of information presented in a new form. It is a more detailed restatement than summary. Steps: Reread original passage Find the essential information of the statement Write with your own words and voice Provide parenthetical documentation after passage

How do I paraphrase source information? Original Passage: Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final research paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes. Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers. 2nd ed. (1976): 46-47 One Example of Paraphrasing: In research papers students often quote excessively, failing to keep quoted material down to a desirable level. Since the problem usually originates during note taking, it is essential to minimize the material recorded verbatim (Lester 46-47).   Students should take just a few notes in direct quotation from sources to help minimize the amount of quoted material in a research paper (Lester 46-47). These paraphrasing samples are acceptable because: The student accurately relayed the information of the original passage This was written in the student’s own words The student gave credit to the original author of the information

How do I paraphrase source information? Original Passage: Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final research paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes. Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers. 2nd ed. (1976): 46-47   One Example of Unacceptable Paraphrasing: Students often use too many direct quotations when they take notes, resulting in too many of them in the final research paper. In fact, probably only about 10% of the final copy should consist of directly quoted material. So it is important to limit the amount of source material copied while taking notes. This paraphrasing sample is not acceptable because: The student has changed around only a few words and phrases The student has failed to cite a source for any of the ideas or facts

How do I quote source information? Original Passage: Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final research paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes. Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers. 2nd ed. (1976): 46-47   One Example of Acceptable Quoting: “Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final research paper” (Lester 46-47). This quoting sample is acceptable because: The student has used quotation marks The student copied the words as written The student has given credit to the original author

How do I quote source information? Original Passage: Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final research paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes. Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers. 2nd ed. (1976): 46-47   One Example of Unacceptable Quoting: Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final research paper. This quoting sample is unacceptable because: The student has not used quotation marks The student has not given credit to the original author