ACADEMIC-ENGLISH-OF-PLAGIRISM

CriteriaUsedforIndianaUniversityPlagiarismTestsDecisionrulesandtesthintsareprovidedbelow.ThesearethecriteriawhichyoushouldapplywhentakinganIndianaUniversityPlagiarismtest.Thesecriteriawillhelpyoutodecideifastudentversionisword-for-wordplagiarism,paraphrasingplagiarism,ornotplagiarism.Thecriterialistedbelowarenottheonlyvalidcriteriaforclassifyingplagiarismineverycontext.However,applyingthecriterialistedbelowshouldhelpyoutobesuccessfulinthecontextofpassinganIndianaUniversityPlagiarismTest.DecisionRulesDoesthestudentversionborrowideasfromsomeoneelse'soriginalsourcematerial?YesNoIsatleastoneideatakenfromtheoriginalsourceadirectword-for-wordquoteof7ormorewords?Notplagiarism:Thusitmustbecommonknowledgeorthewriter'sownideas.YesNoIsthedirectword-for-wordquotemissinganyofthefollowing:quotationmarksfullin-textcitationthatincludesaspecificlocatorreference?Istheparaphrasedideamissinganyofthefollowing:in-textcitationreference?YesWord-for-wordplagiarismNoNotplagiarismYesParaphrasingplagiarismNoNotplagiarismForotherwaysofviewingthis,seehintsandthediagramintheOverviewsection.PlagiarismTestNotes1.Someexampleswillincludebothword-for-wordplagiarismandparaphrasingplagiarism.Ifbothkindsofplagiarismarepresent,youmustchooseword-for-wordforacorrectanswer.2.Sneakyplagiarismisthehardestkindtodetect.Seeexamplesofsuchpatterns.Wehaveseenstudentsdothisintheirwriting.Insomeplaces,theywillparaphrasecorrectly,quotecorrectly,andcitecorrectly,butinotherplacestheyalsoincludeastringof7ormorewordsinsequencetakenfromthesource,orparaphrasewithoutcitation.Thisisstillword-for-wordplagiarism,ifquotationmarksaremissingorthefullin-textcitationismissingwhichmustincludeaspecificlocator(e.g.,pagenumber);oritisparaphrasingplagiarismifideasinthesourceareusedwithoutclearattributionbypropercitation.Sometesttakersmightclaimthatthesearetrickquestions.Nonetheless,plagiarismisstillplagiarism,evenifdisguisedthisway.3.Somepeoplemaybelievethattheseven-words-in-a-rowcriterionweuseistoostrict.Othersmaythinkitistoolenient(e.g.,morethan3wordsinarowfromthesourceisword-for-wordplagiarism).4.Thereshouldbenotestquestionforwhichtherightanswerdependsondeterminingiftheideatakenfromtheoriginalsourcematerialqualifiesascommonknowledge._______________________________________________________________________________DefinitionAcorrectquotetakestextfromanotherauthor,andincludesquotationmarksaroundthetexttaken,thefullin-textcitation,andthereference.OriginalSourceMaterial:Fivefirstprinciplesareelaborated:(a)LearningispromotedwhenlearnersareStudentVersion:Merrill(2002)claimsthatlearningispromotedwhenstudentsareengagedinengagedinsolvingreal-worldproblems.(b)Learningispromotedwhenexistingknowledgeisactivatedasafoundationfornewknowledge.(c)Learningispromotedwhennewknowledgeisdemonstratedtothelearner.(d)Learningispromotedwhennewknowledgeisappliedbythelearner.(e)Learningispromotedwhennewknowledgeisintegratedintothelearner’sworld.ReferenceMerrill,M.D.(2002).Firstprinciplesofinstruction.EducationalTechnologyResearchandDevelopment,50(3),43-59.solvingreal-worldproblems,...existingknowledgeisactivatedasafoundationfornewknowledge,...newknowledgeisdemonstratedtothelearner,...newknowledgeisappliedbythelearner,and...whennewknowledgeisintegratedintothelearner’sworld(p.43).ReferenceMerrill,M.D.(2002).Firstprinciplesofinstruction.EducationalTechnologyResearchandDevelopment,50(3),43-59.Explanation:CorrectVersion:NotplagiarizedThestudentversionisnotplagiarism.Merrilliscreditedbyuseofquotationmarksaroundhiswords(punctuationandellipsesadded),in-textcitationwiththeauthor,date,andlocator,andbythefullbibliographicreference.Merrill(2002)claimsthatlearningispromotedwhenstudentsareengagedinsolvingreal-worldproblems,...existingknowledgeisactivatedasafoundationfornewknowledge,...newknowledgeisdemonstratedtothelearner,...newknowledgeisappliedbythelearner,and...whennewknowledgeisintegratedintothelearner’sworld(p.43).ReferenceMerrill,M.D.(2002).Firstprinciplesofinstruction.EducationalTechnologyResearchandDevelopment,50(3),43-59._______________________________________________________________________________Non-PlagiarismPattern:ProperParaphraseDefinitionAproperparaphrasesummarizesanotherauthor'sideasandincludesboththein-textcitationandthereference.OriginalSourceMaterial:Fivefirstprinciplesareelaborated:(a)Learningispromotedwhenlearnersareengagedinsolvingreal-worldproblems.(b)Learningispromotedwhenexistingknowledgeisactivatedasafoundationfornewknowledge.(c)Learningispromotedwhennewknowledgeisdemonstratedtothelearner.(d)Learningispromotedwhennewknowledgeisappliedbythelearner.(e)Learningispromotedwhennewknowledgeisintegratedintothelearner’sworld.ReferenceMerrill,M.D.(2002).Firstprinciplesofinstruction.EducationalTechnologyResearchandDevelopment,50(3),43-59.StudentVersion:Merrill(2002)claimsthatlearningispromotedwhenfirstprinciplesofinstructionareimplemented.Studentsshouldsolveauthenticproblems,arrangedfromsimpletocomplex.ReferenceMerrill,M.D.(2002).Firstprinciplesofinstruction.EducationalTechnologyResearchandDevelopm