Plagiarism

Question 1

What is plagiarism?

Answer 1

When you pass off the work or ideas of others as your own

Question 2

What 5 different ways of plagiarism?

Answer 2

• Concealing your sources
• Collusion
• Copy and paste
• Misinterpreting common knowledge
• self plagiarism

Question 3

What is the problem, in concealing your sources?

Answer 3

Problem: Not acknowledging other materials and ideas in your work

Question 4

What is the cause in concealing your sources?

Answer 4

Cause: Could be a mistake, laziness, or poor citing and reference

Question 5

What is the solution in concealing your sources?

Answer 5

Solution: Cite the author in your work, each and every time you mention their idea or quote their words

Question 6

What is the problem in collusion?

Answer 6

problem: Its taking credit for another students work

Question 7

What is the cause in collusion?

Answer 7

Can happen in a group working scenario, where your sharing ideas and thoughts. It could also happen if someone copies your work, either with or without knowledge

Question 8

What is the solution to collusion?

Answer 8

Solution: If you do include the ideas of other student, cite them as you would another author or academic. Taking notes of who said what in group working sessions can be good way of recording this information, and you reference this.

Question 9

What is the problem in copy and paste?

Answer 9

Copying and pasting information from the internet, from an article or lifting chunks of text direct from a book

Question 10

What is the cause in copying and paste?

Answer 10

Sometimes though you want to use the exact words of others in your work

Question 11

What is the solution of copying and paste?

Answer 11

Make sure that you acknowledge the original source so that you are not accused of concealing your sources.

Question 12

What is the problem of misinterpreting common knowledge?

Answer 12

not sure what is common knowledge and what isnt

Question 13

what is the cause of misinterpreting common knowledge?

Answer 13

This is where your specialist subject knowledge comes into force, and knowing the audience for whom you are writing. this can be tricky!

Question 14

What is the solution of misinterpreting common knowledge?

Answer 14

If a fact is common knowledge then there is no need to cite.

Question 15

What is the problem for self plagiarism?

Answer 15

self plagiarism is as it sounds plagiarism yourself

Question 16

What is the cause of self plagiarism?

Answer 16

By recycling or reusing work that youve already submitted from another assignment you could be accused of this.

Question 17

What is the solution of self plagiarism?

Answer 17

If you are relying on work you’ve prev submitted, make this clear to the tutor by referencing yourself in your assignment

Question 18

How do you avoid plagiarism?

Answer 18

Quoting
Paraphrasing
Correct citing and referencing