NOTE-TAKING AND PLAGIARISM

Question 1

a practice of writing down pieces of information in a systematic way.

Answer 1

Note-taking

Question 2

has been shown to improve student learning (Rahmani and Sadeghi, 2011).

Answer 2

Note-taking

Question 3

process of extracting only the information that answers your research question or supports your thesis.

Answer 3

Note-taking

Question 4

What are the ways to take notes?

Answer 4

Quotation, summary, paraphrasing, evaluation

Question 5

• repetition of one expression as part of another one.
• the exact reproduction of someone else’s language.

Answer 5

Quotation

Question 6

(T OR F): Words that are an exact copy of the original should always be identified by quotation marks or in an indented paragraph.

Answer 6

T

Question 7

(T OR F): Use of quotes should be kept to a maximum.

Answer 7

F

Question 8

(T OR F): No more than 10% of your paper should be quoted text.

Answer 8

T

Question 9

putting the main idea/s into your own words, including only the main point/s.

Answer 9

Summary

Question 10

(T OR F): Summary is a brief account of the source’s main idea and supporting points.

Answer 10

T

Question 11

What makes summary relevant?

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• helping you remember and process what you’ve read
• helping you introduce the source to your audience in an intelligent and confident way.

Question 12

What are the 3 steps in summarizing?

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1 Read the passage carefully. Take note of the key words.
2 State the passage’s main idea in your own words.
3 Read the passage again for accuracy.

Question 13

putting a passage from source material into your own words.

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Paraphrasing

Question 14

explains a statement by using your own words and sentence structure.

Answer 14

Paraphrasing

Question 15

a part of note-taking that as you take note, you can evaluateeach material as you read.

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Evaluation

Question 16

What is plagiarism?

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presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement.

Question 17

using words, ideas, or information from a source without citing it correctly.

Answer 17

Plagiarism

Question 18

(YES or NO): Is plagiarism BAD?

Answer 18

YES

Question 19

Why is plagiarism BAD?

Answer 19

Plagiarism is BAD because it devalues the work of others

Question 20

Why is plagiarism ILLEGAL?

Answer 20

Plagiarism is ILLEGAL and against ethics as it infringes on another writer’s work, which often has the copyright and the trademark of that particular work.

Question 21

Common ways someone plagiarizes:

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• submitting a written work that you did not write
• copying words or ideas from someone else’s work, without giving proper credit
• failing to put a quote in quotation marks
• copying sentence structure, but changing words around, without giving credit

Question 22

What are the 6 forms of plagiarism?

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1 Complete plagiarism
2 Direct plagiarism
3 Self plagiarism
4 Mosaic plagiarism
5 Accidental plagiarism
6 Source-based plagiarism

Question 23

• borrows phrases from a source without using quotation marks, or finding synonyms for the author’s language while keeping to the same general structure.
• taking a clause from a source and embedding it in a sentence of your own.

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Mosaic Plagiarism

Question 24

when a writer submits someone else’s work in their own name.

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Complete Plagiarism

Question 25

the ***word-for-word* transcription of a section of someone else’s work**, without attribution and quotation marks.

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Direct Plagiarism

Question 26

when the writer *doesn’t realize* they are plagiarizing another’s work.

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Accidental Plagiarism

Question 27

submits their *own previous work* or mixed parts of previous works.

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Self plagiarism

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- *misleading sources* are involved. **example:** The writer may have two sources of information but only reference one.

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Source-based Plagiarism

Question 29

When doe’s accidental plagiarism happen?

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- forgetting to cites sources - not citing sources correctly - failing to put quotes around cited material

Question 30

- Quote - Paraphrase - Give credit to your sources - Add your unique perspective to existing knowledge.

Answer 30

Ways on how to avoid plagiarized content