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Plagiarism & Cheating You Better Cite Us If You're Going to Use Stuff From Our Presentation! By, Aram Nazarian Calix O’hara George Matarangus Anthony Pallone and Nolan Morgan
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What is Plagiarism? The unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's...
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own original work, as by not crediting the author- Dictionary.com Using someone else’s work and passing it off as your own.- Us What is Plagiarism?
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According to a survey by the Psychological Record 36% of undergraduates have admitted to plagiarizing written material. http://plagiarism.org/plag_facts.html
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How Do People Plagiarize? Copy someone else’s homework and call it your own Copying material from an internet source without giving credit.
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Literature and essays are not the only thing plagiarized, art, photos, and films are also plagiarized. How Do People Plagiarize? http://mikewatkins.ca/2008/10/03/
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What Is Cheating? To defraud; swindle- Dictionary.com To deceive; influence by fraud- Dictionary.com To elude; deprive of something expected. – Dictionary.com
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Cheating (cont.) To break and or bend the rules to your favor giving yourself an unfair advantage over others.- Us o A form of deception.- Us
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How Do People Cheat in School? Look at someone else’s homework or test Copy off someone else’s work Using a "cheat sheet" http://www.austinpost.org/files/articles/cheating.jpg
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How Do People Cheat in School? Copying someone’s work and not giving them credit Cheating is therefore a form of plagiarism, and vice-versa
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Cheating (cont.) 54% of students admitted to plagiarizing from the internet 74% admitted that at least once during the past year they had engaged in "serious" cheating A national survey published in Education Week : http://plagiarism.org/plag_facts.htmlhttp://plagiarism.org/plag_facts.html
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Why do people plagiarize 1. Time Crunch 2. Laziness 3. Competition 4. Confused 5. Citation Errors
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Time Crunch/Procrastination Homework piles up Sports take up a students time Students procrastinate o Lose track of time
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Time Crunch "Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators. For them procrastination is a lifestyle, albeit a maladaptive one" Psychology Today
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Time Crunch Students get very accustomed to putting off work which leads to bad procrastination habits. http://lifelongaes1.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/procrastinator.jpg
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Time Crunch Bad Procrastination Habits ---> Need for a last minute shortcut. http://projectsinlesstime.com/chapter%2013_files/image001.jpg
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Laziness Homework or essays can be too boring o Work isn't engaging enough o Students just want to be done with work and do other fun activities http://www.geneseo.edu/~elmore/Why_plagiarism.htm
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Laziness pt. 2 Students become completely disengaged o Don't see why they should work Completely lose interest http://www.geneseo.edu/~elmore/Why_plagiarism.htm
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Laziness pt. 3 Student may feel to tired to work o Don't want to actually put any effort into working. Plagiarizing takes less time and effort http://www.geneseo.edu/~elmore/Why_plagiarism.htm
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Procrastination/Laziness, the Catholic View "You have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears...
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Procrastination/Laziness, the Catholic View So for one who know the right thing to do and does not do it, it is sin.” James 4: 14,17
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Catholics believe that a habitual procrastination leads to "sloth", which is one of the seven deadly sins. http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=8701 Procrastination/Laziness, the Catholic View
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Competition Students resort to plagiarism when they feel that it is the only way to move ahead. They are too academically pressured -> plagiarism
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Confusion Writers block o Student just can't think of anymore to write o Looking on the internet/copying and pasting is easier than working http://www.geneseo.edu/~elmore/Why_plagiarism.htm
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Confusion pt. 2 Lacking understanding o When they were taught the subject in class they didn't listen or understand it Don't know what to write They choose plagiarism http://www.geneseo.edu/~elmore/Why_plagiarism.htm
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Accidental Plagiarism Oftentimes, students forget to cite their source or do it incorrectly o Don't follow instructions properly
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Accidental Plagiarism Plagiarism is still plagiarism even if it not intentional. o It is important to cite sources to avoid this problem
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Accidental Plagiarism Ties in with Laziness Sub-point: o Students are too tired to cite properly on a bibliography at the end of the paper.
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Accidental Plagiarism Students subconsciously phrase things in the same way they heard it from another text o Don't Realize, its not original thought To Kant, it is OK.
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Catholic Views The Catholic Encyclopedia discusses fraud o It defines fraud as an act or course of deception deliberately practised with the view of gaining an advantage http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06249a. htm
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Catholic Views o The act of plagiarism fits this perfectly as it is an act of deceiving others into believing others' work is yours for your advantage o The Church declares this act not only insincere but also an act against justice. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06249a. htm
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Catholic Views The Catholic Encyclopedia discusses lying o It defines lying as a statement at variance with the mind http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09469a.htm
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Catholic Views o Although some ethicists have argued the morality of lying for the greater good, there is no moral defense for lying to others for personal gain http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09469a.htm
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