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8/11/2009IST 110S: Academic Integrity

Cornerstone of scholarly pursuit.

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A broad, inclusive definition that stresses honesty and responsibility to you, your peers, and your instructors.

Not framed in terms of cheating and punishment for cheating.

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Correct answer: 2.

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That’s a lot!

[Compare this number to the number of students in the classroom.]

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Brief discussion of Indiana University Quiz results. Which questions were difficult? Why?

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Freshman seem most susceptible to having their academic integrity challenged.

However, these challenges to academic integrity occur at every level of the University.

Often times students aren’t consciously looking to break rules, rather they simply aren’t familiar with what is and isn’t acceptable.

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Number of cases is on the rise.

Don’t end up as one of them.

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Academic integrity can be compromised by any number of actions.

These are a few behaviors, some of which may not be as obvious as others.

Many instructors have a zero tolerance policy. If reported by an instructor, instances of academic dishonesty can remain on a student’s transcript forever.

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When you get the results:

Predominantly yes: An honest bunch. Proper study skills, time management, and familiarization with citing information can ensure that you don’t fall back on these behaviors while at Penn State.

Predominantly no: [Crack a joke about the class not having anything to worry about. Stress the above ways to preempt cheating ]the above ways to preempt cheating.]

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Cheating is often a clear cut action, for example...

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[Explain the percents.]

These behaviors are widely acknowledged as cheating.

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Some are less obvious.

Q: Why is “Submitting the same paper for more than one class without permission” cheating?A: It boils down to what the credits your earning are worth. Earning credits assumes that you have put a certain level of intellectual effort into assignments. Shirking the requirements by reusing work is a violation of personal integrity and respect other studentsstudents.

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Look how low the percents are.

If you find yourself tackling any of these problems it’s important to talk to your instructor or others within he College to resolve the issue. Cheating will only exacerbate the problems.

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The percents of people who engage and participate in cheating are fairly standard.

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We’ll see in a moment which answer is correct.

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Correct answer: 2, 16%.

Do you think that doing this gives another student an unfair advantage?

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Plagiarism has dire consequences, including flunking the paper in question, flunking the course, and university disciplinary action, depending on the circumstances of the office.

The simplest way to avoid plagiarism is to document the sources of your information carefully.

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Turnitin helps deter plagiarism before it occurs.

Any instructor, including TAs, can run student work through Turnitin.

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Report:What your instructor sees when they run a paper through turn it in.

The software directly compares material in your paper to possible sources.

Properly citing information is key.

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1. Supply the terms: Academic dishonesty, cheating, plagiarism, copyright infringement, etc.

2. Break the students into groups of two.3. Ask students to create a visualization of what academic dishonesty is. (Venn diagram,

hierarchy, etc.) How the terms are interrelated.4. Have students e‐mail their finished work to speaker (or instructor).5. If there is time ask for volunteers to explain why they organized theirs in a certain way /

why they chose that style of diagramwhy they chose that style of diagram.

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A hierarchy I created.

It’s not necessarily inclusive.

An overture toward understanding the terms / behaviors.

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It’s important that you define academic integrity not as what you shouldn’t do, but as what you should. You should cite resources properly, you should hold yourself to a high standard, etc.

As we saw with the U of Indiana quiz, sometimes it’s hard to articulate why an action is wrong. It’s important to communicate with your instructor FIRST when you have questions related to academic integrity.

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