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Discussion: Make it the best!
In-class presentations and independent research opportunities have permitted you
to develop a sense of research ethics. Textbook reading has shown ways to
differentiate between various techniques for using source material (quoting,
paraphrasing, and summarizing). Therefore, you are now able to demonstrate an
awareness of when each is appropriate to use in research writing. In addition,
you can identify the problems created by the careless or inappropriate use of
directly quoted material to avoid plagiarism as a form of academic dishonesty.
For the purpose of this
discussion, imagine you are "guest speaker" in high school classroom.
You have been assigned the responsibility of lecturing to a group of 20 students
on the ethical use of information.
Describe 5 key
information elements you would include in your presentation. You are expected to
respond once (by Thursday, April 24 at 5:00 pm) to the forum topic and twice to
classmates by close of discussion (Tuesday, April 29 at 5:00 pm).
| Current
Forum: Online Discussion #3 |
| Date:
Fri Apr 25 2003 12:00 am |
| Author:
Gress, Kimberley <kgress1@towson.edu> |
| Subject:
Kim's 5 Points |
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1.Plagiarism- this is a
form of academic dishonest where a writer uses someone else’s
ideas as their own. This problem can be avoided by properly
citing information that you are borrowing from another source.
Plagiarism can have serious penalties.
2.Citation- Citation is a method used to help avoid plagiarism.
A citation gives credit to the author that you took the
information or idea you are writing about from. MLA and APA
styles are examples of ways to cite information.
3.Quotation- A quotation is when you take the exact words that
an author used and put them in your paper. A quotation must be
completely accurate or else you are inaccurately displaying what
another author has said.
4.Paraphrase- this is when you use another author’s ideas, and
put them into your own words. This can be very helpful in
proving the point you are trying to make in your paper by
finding information to support your ideas. The only problem is
you need to remember that this is not a quotation, you need to
change the authors words into your own words.
5.Summary- this is basically paraphrasing, but in a much longer
form. This can be used when summarizing entire books or
articles. It can be very helpful when an entire article relates
to the topic you are discussing. You can summarize the main
points as long as you use documentation.
Joseph, N. (1999). Research Writing: Using Traditional and
Electronic Sources. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice
Hall.
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| Current
Forum: Online Discussion #3 |
| Date:
Fri Apr 25 2003 12:04 am |
| Author:
Gress, Kimberley <kgress1@towson.edu> |
| Subject:
Re: Jodi's response |
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Jodi-
I completely
agree with everything that you said. I think that documentation
is very important too. I also agree with the other points you
brought up.
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| Current
Forum: Online Discussion #3 |
| Date:
Fri Apr 25 2003 12:12 am |
| Author:
Gress, Kimberley <kgress1@towson.edu> |
| Subject:
Re: Katrina's 5 points |
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Katrina-
I think that you
brought up a lot of good points. You discusses all the problems
with plagiarism and how they can arise. I think that it is very
helpful how you explained that paraphrasing can be plagiarism
because some people could get confused about that. Great job!
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| Current
Forum: Online Discussion #3 |
| Date:
Sun Apr 27 2003 9:01 pm |
| Author:
Frye, Heather <hfrye1@towson.edu> |
| Subject:
Heather's Response to Kim's 5 points |
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| I think your ideas were
very to the point and clear. I agree that each of them are
important and should be well known and thought out. I think you
could have elaborated a little bit more on each point. Other
than that I think it was good! |
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| Current
Forum: Online Discussion #3 |
| Date:
Mon Apr 28 2003 11:21 pm |
| Author:
Waybrant, Melissa Anne <mwaybr1@towson.edu> |
| Subject:
Melissa's response to Kim's five points |
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| I think that you did a
great job pin pointing the five main problems when dealing with
ethics while writing papers. Keep up the good work, and good
luck with your paper! |
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