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Success On Exams & Avoiding Plagiarism
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Successful Essay Writing Idea #1
• Students often ask how they can do well for exams in the on-line class
• There are a few things to keep in mind:– The #1 source to use for essays is lecture
material from LecturePoint (you can earn an “A” without any outside research)
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Website For LecturePoint
• For US History up to 1865, the first lecture is “The First Americans”
• For US History after 1865, it’s “Reconstruction Politics”
URL = http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/index.html
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Successful Essay Writing Idea #1
• Students often ask how they can do well on exams in the on-line class
• There are a few things to keep in mind:– The #1 source to use for essays is lecture
material from LecturePoint (you can earn an “A” without any outside research)
– Outside research is not needed & even discouraged (it sometimes leads to plagiarism)
– It is alright to use outside materials as long as they are cited
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Successful Essay Writing Idea #2
• Essays should be well written, with an Introduction, Body & Conclusion. The Introduction should include a Thesis statement.
Body
Introduction
Conclusion
Thesis
Re-state Thesis in
Conclusion
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One Student’s Essay For A Past Exam
Thesis statement is underlined
Question: Write an essay that describes and evaluates, each of the following crises: Fugitive Slave Law, Dred Scott Decision, and John Brown’s Raid. Overall, which of these crises had the biggest impact on the cause of the Civil War? Explain.
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Successful Essay Writing Idea #2
• A helpful hyperlink is located on Moodle & the Study Guide for each exam (it’s also below)– Click here for information about how to
organize & write in-class essays
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Plagiarism Example:On-line Class
• I’ve been teaching at WSCC for 13 years• Plagiarism is not an issue with at least 95% of
the papers students have turned in• The next slide includes an example of a
plagiarized essay: – Students wrote an essay about US President
James K. Polk
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One History Student’s Paper
This was all good
information, but was not
covered in LecturePoint; I
wondered where the
student found it
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Wikipedia Entry: James K. Polk
I did a quick internet search,
and found…
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Wikipedia AND Student Paper
Wikipedia
Student’s Paper
Underlined sections from
Wikipedia were included
in the student’s
paper
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Plagiarism Example:On-line Class
• The student who plagiarized had their grade lowered. I felt no joy in this.
• Some schools (like GVSU and several others) have Zero Tolerance policies which call for automatic expulsion for students guilty of plagiarism.
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What To Do…?
• There is no need to research information to include in the essays for each exam; you can simply use LecturePoint and still earn an “A”
• If outside sources are used for an exam or for the paper, they must be cited in your paper and a bibliography must be included
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Citing Sources
If an outside source is used, two things are needed:1. Within the text of the essay or paper an in-
text citation is needed
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Citing Sources: In-Text Citation
• If a direct quote is taken or a set of ideas is paraphrased, include an in-text citation
• After the direct quote or paraphrase, put the author’s last name in parentheses.
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Citing Sources
If an outside source is used, two things are needed:1. Within the text of the essay or paper an in-
text citation is needed2. At the end of the essay or paper include a
Bibliography page
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Citing Sources: Bibliography
• If any outside source is used or consulted, include a Bibliography page
• Include the author (if one is listed), the title, the complete URL address of your website and the date it was accessed
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URL Address = Key
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Citing Sources: Bibliography
• If any outside source is used or consulted, include a Bibliography page
• Include the author (if one is listed), the title, the complete URL address of your website and the date it was accessed
• If you have any questions feel free to ask—it’s perfectly fine to ask me questions at any time
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Citing Sources
When must a source be cited?1. When a direct quote is taken from a source.2. When a series of sentences or a paragraph
are paraphrased. For example, if some words are changed around there must be an in-text citation and an item must be included in the bibliography.
3. When a source is consulted (even if nothing is quoted or paraphrased) it must be included in the bibliography
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One Last Thought
• There are a lot of websites with information about the outside books. Make sure to provide citations if these are consulted. One example is below.
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Summing It Up
• The #1 source to use for essays written for each exam is lecture material from LecturePoint. No other research is needed & it’s actually discouraged.
• If any other source is used for essays or for the paper, make sure to properly cite your sources.
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Now That You Have Viewed This…
• I was born in Des Moines, Iowa• My family moved to Seattle
when I was four years old• My favorite baseball player
growing up was George Brett (even though I lived in Seattle)
• Send me an e-mail attachment with a brief paragraph of information from this presentation showing that it was viewed
• My e-mail address is: [email protected]
George Brett
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Success On Exams & Avoiding Plagiarism
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Bibliography
• “George Brett.” http://www.instantreplaysportcard.com /items/8x10s/brett.jpg. Accessed 8 January, 2010.
• Nagle, Michael W. “LecturePoint.” http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/index.html. Accessed 8 January, 2010.
• tommy53565. “The Brethren.” Planet Papers. http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/4098.php. Accessed 8 January, 2010.
• Wikipedia. “James K. Polk.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Polk .Accessed 8 January, 2010.