ACADEMIC WRITINGPlagiarism

Plagiarism

Plagiarism means submitting work that is not your own for an assignment or

an exam.

For a serious case of plagiarism Greenwich may ask the student to

leave the university permanently.

Read Harvard_Guidelies.pdf

This file explains how the Greenwich wants you to cite references. You

need to follow it.

Only one source = Plagiarism

According to Greenwich policy, this is true.

Why?

Examples of plagairism

Copying from a book or a website without changing anything.

As a result of several land reform measures, Vietnam is now the largest producer of cashew nuts with a one-third global share and second largest rice exporter in the world after Thailand.

As a result of several land reform measures, Vietnam is now the largest producer of cashew nuts with a one-third global share and second largest rice exporter in the world after Thailand.

Wikipedia

Hans

PLAGIARISM!

Examples of plagairism

Copying from a book or a website, changing a few words, but not adding

“quotes” or giving a reference.

As a result of several land reform measures, Vietnam is now the largest producer of cashew nuts with a one-third global share and second largest rice exporter in the world after Thailand.

After some changes in land-ownership laws, Vietnam became the largest producer of cashew nuts, with 33% of the world market, and second largest exporter of rice after Thailand.

Wikipedia

Hans

PLAGIARISM

How to use quotes without plagiarizing

If you want to copy text from a book or a website. Use “quotation marks” and

give a reference to tell the reader from where you copied the

information.

It’s NOT plagiarism if you tell the reader exactly which part you copied.

As a result of several land reform measures, Vietnam is now the largest producer of cashew nuts with a one-third global share and second largest rice exporter in the world after Thailand.

“As a result of several land reform measures, Vietnam is now the largest producer of cashew nuts with a one-third global share and second largest rice exporter in the world after Thailand.” (Wikipedia, 2009)

Wikipedia

Hans OK

As a result of several land reform measures, Vietnam is now the largest producer of cashew nuts with a one-third global share and second largest rice exporter in the world after Thailand.

Vietnam is one of the world’s leading exporters of cashews and rice. (Wikipedia, 2009)

Wikipedia

Hans OK

Examples of plagairism

Copying from only one book or website, changing some words, giving

references, but

without adding any of your own ideas.

Good Bibliography

Student handbook 2003-2004 for PGCE, School of Education and Training, University of Greenwich

Bad Bibliography

PLAGIARISM

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Is it plagiarism?

Writing something that is not different from what the teacher taught in class.

Is it always bad?

Greenwich university policy says this IS plagiarism.

Plagiarism

You may use information from the lecture notes of this class but please use “quotes” and references just like

when you copy from a website.

What if I do my coursework together with my friends?

“submitting joint coursework as an

individual effort... [is] plagiarism.” –

Greenwich Student Handbook

PLAGIARISM!

Will the teacher really know that I was working with my friends?

When students do not work together, their ideas are usually very different.

When two students have similar ideas, it’s usually because they are

communicating.

Will the teacher really know that I was working with my friends?It is usually easy for the teacher to know

when students are working together. Many universities in Viet Nam do not do

anything to punish students’ whose papers are similar.

But this is not the habit of English schools. Remember, even if you didn’t copy,

working together on an assignment that isn’t a group-project is still plagiarism.

What if my friend copies my coursework?

Some teachers may choose to punish both students equally.

(See next slide)

Do not copy files from other students

at this school!

Four days later…

Đêkhi! Chaien and Xêkô’s code

looks just like yours. Did you guys

copy?

HiTeacher!

WHAT???I didn’t give my code to Chaien and

Xêkô!

Then how did they get your

file?

Earlier that week…

Hey Xuka, I just got a new

camera. Come to my house and

I’ll show it to you.

Oh, I’d love to! But…

I have to stay home and work

on my c++ assignment. I

didn’t finish yet. It’s really hard.

That’s OK. I’ll give you my code. You can use it for

reference. But don’t copy it

cause then we’ll both get 0 marks.

Ok. Thanks Đêkhi.

I promise I won’t copy your code.

The next day…

HI XUKA!Hi

Nobita.

Just let me see Đêkhi’s code for one

second

I promise I won’t copy

it.

PLEEEEASE?

A little later at the playground…

NOW!Let’s

have a look at

that C++code!

Ok,Ok. Fine. I’ll let you see

the code. Just don’t copy it.

Ok?

Don’t give your code to ANYONE!

You are responsible if other students copy

your files!

More of Greenwich Plagairism policy The following are all examples of

plagiarism:• Using code not written by yourself,

without quoting and referencing• Adapting code not written by yourself

without giving references.• Paying someone else to write code for you• Memorizing lecture notes and reproducing

them on an exam.• Submitting an assignment from a previous

course

What happens if I plagiarise?Type of offence PenaltyFirst minor offence e.g. unreferenced material, joint submission

Coursework mark is set to zero

Authors who let others have copies of their work

Coursework mark is set to zero

Second offences will be referred to a panel

Referred to Assessment Offences Panel - student may be asked to leave the university.

If more than one offence occurs at the same time

All courses (not components) are set to zero

First major offence e.g. plagiarism bulk of a project

Referred to Assessment Offences Panel - student may be asked to leave the university.

Richard Feynman

•Nobel Prize-winning Physicist•Author of popular books and films about science

“Without using the new word

which you have just learned, try to rephrase what

you have just learned in your own language."

How do you test when you have learned something about science?

from The Physics Teacher Vol. 7, issue 6, 1968, pp. 313-320

A story from Richard Feynman...

On the weekends, my father would take me for walks in the

woods. [...] and we learned all about nature...

The next day, Monday, we were

playing in the fields and this

boy said to me, "See that bird

standing on the stump there?

What's the name of it?"

?

I said, "I haven't got the slightest

idea."

?

He said, "It’s a brown-throated

thrush. Your father

doesn't teach you much

about science."

Brown-throated Thrush

Brown-throated Thrush

my father had already taught

me that the name doesn't

tell me anything about

the bird.

Brown-throated Thrush

He taught me "See that bird?

It's a brown-throated thrush,

Halsenflugel

but in Germany it's called a halsenflugel

Chung Ling

and in Chinese they call it a chung ling

Nothing

and even if you know all those names for it, you still know nothing about

the bird

Now that thrush sings, and

teaches its young to fly, and flies so many miles away

during the summer across

the country, and nobody knows how it finds its

way...

Nothing

Science, Grade 1

[In a first grade science book]...

there is a picture of a dog

sdScience, Grade 1

a windable toy dog,

sdScience, Grade 1

and underneath it the question “what makes it

move?”

What makes it move?

sdScience, Grade 1

Later on, there is a picture of a real dog and the question, "What

makes it move?"

What makes it move?

sdScience, Grade 1

Then there is a picture of a

motorbike and the question,

"What makes it move?"

What makes it move?

sdScience, Grade 1

(Teacher’s edition)

The answer was in the teacher's edition of the book: "energy

makes it move."

Energy makes it move!

sdScience, Grade 1

(Teacher’s edition)

Energy makes it move!

But nothing whatsoever is learned.

?

sdScience, Grade 1 Energy makes it move!

Without using the word

"energy," tell me what you learned about

the dog's motion...

sdScience, Grade 1 Energy makes it move!

You cannot.

So you learned nothing about science from

this book.

If you can not explain what you

learned using your own words then you don’t really know anything.

Can you remember this?:

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Your ability to remember information is not what makes you intelligent.

Testing intelligence

Universities often test for intelligent understanding of information by asking students to define a term in the context

of a case study.

Assignments 2 and 3 in this course do that.

If students write about Multiview only, many students would only repeat what

they read in the book.

"In the context of..."

Define “planning” in the context of project management:

Planning is one of the five process groups. It refers to the administrative tasks that must be completed before the execution of the project can begin. Planning tasks include writing a schedule, preparing a WBS, and estimating costs.

"In the context of..."

Define “planning” in the context of a project to design a company logo:

In a logo design project, planning would include meeting with the customer to ask for suggestions and requirements. For example, find out if the company has any special colors or symbols. Ask about where the logo will be used and what kind of feeling the company wants the customers to have when they see the logo. Planning may also include looking at the logos of similar companies or doing preliminary sketches.

"In the context of..."

Define “speed” :

Speed is a non-directional measurement of velocity. It may refer to the instantaneous rate of an object’s motion through space or in a more abstract sense, to the rate of completion of a task. It is usually measured as a fraction:

time

progress

"In the context of..."Define “speed” in the context of typing:

Typing speed is a measure of how quickly a typist produces useful documents. In its simplest form, it is computed by dividing the number of words typed by the time. For example, 100 words in 2 minutes is a speed of 50 words per minute. But typing speed usually considers accuracy too. If a typist produces text at a rate of 100 words per minute but misspells 10% of the words, then the speed must be adjusted to account for the time spend correcting the errors.

Links to more information about plagairism and Greenwich Policies• Harvard Guidelines for Referencing

Sources https://cms1.gre.ac.uk/collaborativeprogrammes/teachingmaterials/COMP1305/ReportWriting/HarvardGuidelines.pdf

• Prof. Ray Stoneham’s Report about how to write a report https://cms1.gre.ac.uk/collaborativeprogrammes/teachingmaterials/COMP1305/ReportWriting/REPORT%20WRITING.pdf

• The Elements of Style: A good, short guide to academic English grammar. http://sites.google.com/site/sirhans/Home/academic-writing---fpt-greenwich/ElementsofStyle.pdf?attredirects=0