1. BTEC Extended Certificate
Applied Science

4. St Johns Comprehensive Applied Science BTEC Plan
Year 12
Year 13
Unit 1 Exam 5th June 2017
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4 – learners to choose

5. Task – Write a student guide on how to calibrate a pipette, a balance and a pH meter
Done properly this task will make up part of your first assignment.
Which is Learning Aim A, Key Content A
A Undertake titration
and colorimetry to
determine the
concentration of
solutions
A1 Laboratory
equipment and its
calibration

6. Task Guidance
Use the plagiarism guidance to avoid plagiarism Use the internet as a resource and the practical work you have done today. Make sure you reference every source of info you use to produce a guide for students You tube is a great place to get demonstrations Remember you want any student to be able to calibrate the specified equipment from your guide - succesfully

7. Deadline 5th of September
If completed well and by the 5th of September we will be able to incorporate it into your first internally assessed assignment. These resources are available at Under BTEC

8. Referencing, NOT Plagiarising!
This session provides some basic pointers that will help you to identify a suitable topic and question for your EP.
Even if you already have a topic in mind, the session will offer you tools to use to refine and focus your theme and the questions you ask – it may also lead you to develop ideas you hadn’t considered yet.
It’s crucial to put some time and energy into this choice in order that you can make the most of project, and hopefully avoid regretting your choice when it’s too late and you’re most of the way through.
You may need to revisit some of the activities after the session, or take more time away to reflect or discuss your ideas with friends or teachers – so don’t feel that you need to have reached any final decisions over the next 40 or so minutes

9. Definitions of Plagiarism
Plagiarism is attempting to pass off other people’s work as your own (BTEC Guidance)
The failure to acknowledge sources properly and/or the submission of another person’s work as if it were their own (JCQ)
Taking and using another’s thoughts, writing, inventions etc as their own (BTEC Guide to Managing Quality)

10. Examples of Plagiarism
A learner submits for assessment a report containing downloaded text which he/she has not referenced the sources of the text.
A learner submits for assessment a leaflet in which 2 out of 4 illustrations have been copied from a textbook and he/she has not referenced the source.
A learner submits for assessment a Health and Safety Policy which they picked up during their work-placement and they have just changed the title.

11. Always reference…
Direct quotations – to show that it is a direct quote by placing the material in inverted commas.  Use single inverted commas (‘).  You must reproduce the author’s words exactly, including all spelling, capitalisation, punctuation, and errors. But try to avoid the overuse of direct quotations; try to paraphrase the author’s work where possible. 
Paraphrasing – this is when you take another author’s ideas and put them into your own words.  You are still copying someone else’s work, so you must reference it.  You do not need to use inverted commas when you paraphrase, but you must clearly show the reader the original source of your information.

12. Plagiarism “hot spots”
Typical BTEC assessment modes where, unless managed correctly by assessors, plagiarism can be a problem and may impact upon the integrity of assessment decisions:
Group work
Writing frames and templates
Demonstrations and Observation

13. Implications for learners
Plagiarism is malpractice and under the new rules, if a learner submits plagiarised work (and has signed the authenticity declaration - which they MUST do) they have deliberately tried to cheat.
They therefore forfeit their right to a resubmission and/or retake - and should be asked to address the malpractice before further assessment of the work can take place.

14. Options for Assessors
If plagiarism is identified during assessment, the work should be handed back to the learner and the learner told that the assessor cannot assess the work as it is not authentic. Assessors should not sign the authentication statement if plagiarism is detected.
The learner should be subject to the centre's plagiarism policy which under current internal assessment rules may stipulate that the learner be given a new deadline but will forfeit the right to a re-submission (and for QCF and NQF L3 CPLD also forfeit any opportunity to retake pass criteria).