Academic Honesty

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Growing Success
The fundamental document governing assessment,
evaluation and reporting in Ontario schools.
Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in Ontario Schools
First Edition, Covering Grades 1 - 12, 2010

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TDSB Academic Honesty

Operational Procedure 613
Dierentiates between cheating and plagiarism
as follows...

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Cheating...
is usually defined as the act of practicing deceit or
breaking the rules.
In the context of assessment and evaluation,
cheating would be defined as a deviation from the
behaviour expected in an evaluation situation.
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Cheating

copying another students homework

using another students work on a test or any other evaluation

bringing unauthorised notes or notations into an evaluation

asking for or giving someone an answer during an evaluation

unauthorised use of electronic media to obtain answers during an

evalutation

presenting assignments that have been completed by someone else as

ones own

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Plagiarism...
The use or close imitation of the language and
thoughts of another without attribution, in order
to represent them as ones own original work.
(!om Growing Success)

It can take many forms...

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Plagiarism

submitting an essay/assignment written by somebody else, e.g. buying

an essay online, downloading an essay from a website, having
someone else complete ones assignment, or copying or using work
done by another student

piecing together material from one or several sources and adding

only linking sentences

quoting or paraphrasing material without citing the source of that

material, including, but not limited to books, magazines, journals,
websites, newspapers, television programs, radio programs, movies,
videos, photographs or drawings in print or electronic form

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Plagiarism (contd)

copying and pasting from the internet or other electronic sites,

without citing the source

omitting quotation marks for direct quotations even if the sources

have been cited

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Jonah Lehrer, journalist: famously plagiarised himself

Alex Haley, author of Roots: plagiarised an
earlier novel (by someone else)
George Harrison, of The Beatles fame:
plagiarised a song

Karl Theodore zu Guttenberg, German Minister

of Defence: plagiarised his doctorate

Chris Spence, TDSB Director: plagiarised his

doctorate (among other things)

Famous Plagiarists
(if you have plagiarised youre in good company...
but that doesnt means its a good thing)
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From The Telegraph

Cheating Riots in China

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If you copy from one author, its plagiarism.

If you copy from two, its research.
From The Hungton Post (Comedy)

Student Suspensions
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From The University of Toronto

Student Suspensions
(seriously this time)
FYI... The above links are not working, but I% leave this slide in the presentation in case
they become live again at some point int he future... See next slide for alternatives.
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Academic Discipline

Tribunal Decisions

Student Expulsions
(use this link to search individual case details)
In class we looked at two cases as fo%ows:
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Academic Year 2013-14, Plagiarism and/or purchased essay, Case 671

Academic Year 2013-14, Academic Honesty not Otherwise Described, Case 714

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York University Academic

Integrity Website

From York University

York University Ocial Policy on

Academic Honesty
(fo%ow this link)

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Your best defence...

Be clear about what is being asked and expected
Give yourself lots of lead time
Start your research early...

avoid last minute

crunches

Develop a comprehensive note-making strategy,

which includes tracking your references

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Your best defence... contd

Avoid electronic note-making and copy and
paste... go low tech!

Create your Works Consulted as you go...

it is

part of the research process after all

Write a first draft, and submit it to Turnitin (well

talk more about this next day youre here)

Have your paper proof read by someone else

before final submission
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Your best defence... contd

Ask for help along the way... either from your
classroom teacher or from your friendly
Teacher Librarian (that would be me!)

Make use of all available resources, most

pointedly the TDSB Student Research Guide
(available via the ESA Virtual Library... see the
Library bookmark for the password)

Visit the Library and Learning Resources

Information Literacy Support Site
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Works Consulted
"Alec Haley." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Aug. 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Haley>.
"Case Summaries Winter 2012." The University of Toronto. The University of Toronto, n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. <http://www.viceprovoststudents.utoronto.ca/
publicationsandpolicies/academicintegrity/cases/Case_Summaries_Winter_2012.htm>.
"George Harrison." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Sept. 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison>.
"Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in Ontario Schools." Government of Ontario, Ministry of Education. The Queen's Printer, 2010. Web. 24 Sept.
2013. <http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/policyfunding/growsuccess.pdf>.
"Jonah Lehrer." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Sept. 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Lehrer>.
"Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Aug. 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Theodor_zu_Guttenberg>.
Moore, Malcolm. "Riot after Chinese teachers try to stop pupils cheating." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 20 June 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. <http://
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10132391/Riot-after-Chinese-teachers-try-to-stop-pupils-cheating.html>.
Moore, Olivia, and Simona Chiose. "TDSB Director resigns over plagiarism, PhD dissertation includes unattributed passages." The Globe and Mail. N.p., 10 Jan. 2013. Web.
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article7167752/?page=all>.
"PR 613 Academic Honesty." Toronto District School Board. Toronto District School Baors, 27 Apr. 2011. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. <http://www2.tdsb.on.ca/ppf/Detail.aspx?
id=1783>.
Rehman, Jalees. "Four-Year-Old Boy Is Suspended From Pre-School for Plagiarism." The Huffington Post. The HuffingtonPost.com, 6 June 2012. Web. 24 Sept. 2013.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jalees-rehman/four-year-old-boy-is-susp_b_1849360.html>.
"Roots: The Saga of an American Family." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Sept. 2013. Web. 24 Sept. 2013.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American_Family>.
"Senate Policy on Academic Honesty." York University. York Univerity, 17 Feb. 2011. Web. 14 Dec. 2013. <http://www.yorku.ca/univsec/policies/document.php?document=69>.

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