Plagiarism
In this blog post, it’s all about
plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious case or issue because it is constituted in
law, but first let us know the meaning of “Plagiarism”.
According to
Merriam Webster Online it defines:
- To use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas.
- To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: use (anther's production) without crediting the source.
- To commit literary theft: present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
Getting
or copying the original ideas or work of others without the credits of the
author or the creator is consider as plagiarism.
According to Plagiarism.org these are the following
considered as plagiarism:
- Turning in someone else work as your own.
- copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
- failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
- giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
- changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
- copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not
According
to Josephson Institute for Youth Ethics in Los Angeles, California, United
States. They surveyed 43,000 high school students in public and private and
they found that.
·
“59% of high school
students admitted cheating on a test during the last year. 34%
self-reported doing it more than two times”
·
“One out
of three high school students admitted that they used the Internet to
plagiarize an assignment”
The
survey showed that 24,000 student at 70 schools, found that 64% of students
admitted that they cheat on the exam, 58% admitted to plagiarism and 95%
admitted that they participated in some form of cheating.
Plagiarism.org
show tips on how to preventing plagiarism when writing.
2. Take Effective notes
3. Consult with your instructor
4. When in doubt, cite sources
5. Make it clear
6. Know how to paraphrase
7. Analyze and evaluate your sources.
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