The Chattahoochee Way

Academic Integrity(Don’t cheat.)

What is cheating?

• Violating rules dishonestly• Getting something by

dishonesty or deception

Webster’s Dictionary defines cheating as:

CHS defines cheating under the Plagiarism Policy

“the use of another's words or ideas and the

presentation of them as though they are entirely

one's own.”

There are 3 Types of Plagiarism:

1. using words or ideas from a published source without proper documentation;

2. using the work of another student (e.g. copying another student's homework, composition, or project);

3. using excessive editing suggestions of another student, teacher, parent, or paid editor.

Plagiarism 1: Intellectual Theft

• According to the MLA, in the most basic terms, plagiarism is the “use of another person’s ideas or expression in your writing without acknowledging the source.”

Forms of Plagiarism• The MLA states, “Forms of plagiarism

include the failure to give appropriate acknowledgement when repeating another’s working or particularly apt phrase, when paraphrasing another’s argument, or when presenting another’s line of thinking.”

If you do any of these without giving credit to the original source, you are plagiarizing.

What is plagiarism?

• Presenting the ideas, language, writing or other intellectual property – including artistic and technical work – of another individual as one’s own.

• Failing to recognize with quotations an/or citations (in written or oral work presented as one’s own) an original author for “borrowed” phrases, sentences or ideas.

Plagiarism, continued

• Paraphrasing, summarizing or revising the work of another in written or oral format without proper citation.

• Citing information improperly such as: false identification of source, citing sources not actually consulted

• Fabricating, falsifying, or misrepresenting research, information and data.

Plagiarism 2: Copying or Sharing Your Work

Rule #1

• Unless directly stipulated by the teacher, collaboration on written work is not acceptable.

Examples of Sharing Your Work

Sharing/revealing information on a quiz, test, exam or answer sheet with a person who has not completed the assessment

Examples of Sharing Information

• Verbally: Students discussing an assessment one has already taken

• Electronically: Sharing information through cell phone, computer, calculator or any other electronic device.

• Sharing information in any written form.

Beware and don’t share!

Students who willingly provide other students with access to their work are in violation of the CHS Honor Code.

Using the Work of Another Student

Examples:• Looking at/copying a quiz, test, exam

or answer sheet of another student.• Collaborating on a test, quiz, paper,

study guide or homework assignment, oral presentation or project with others unless the teacher explicitly tells you it is alright to do so.

More examples

• Copying, taking, stealing, using and/or allowing another person to copy, take, use any assignment

• Falsifying research or laboratory results/information

Using, without authorization, any outside materialsIncludes:• Teacher tests• Answer sheets• Computer files• Grading Programs• Using unauthorized electronic and non-

electronic materials to send or receive information to complete a test, quiz, exam, paper, presentation, project or assignment.

Plagiarism 3: Excessive EditingThe Plagiarism Policy prohibits the use of excessive editing from another student, teacher, parent, or paid editor.

This means you may not enlist the services of an external source – including friends, relatives, tutors and online sources – to write, buy, download or in anyway inappropriately produce material for submission.

An example

• Original student draft:Guy Montag is a very rebellious dude.

• Edited by parent:

• Final version submitted in paper:Guy Montag represents rebellion against authority.

How to avoid plagiarism

• Do your own work!• Provide source for any ideas that

are not entirely your own• Use citation format as indicated

by teacher• Ask teacher for help if you aren’t

sure how to cite a source.

Plagiarism and Turnitin.com• Upon teacher request, students may be

required to email essays, research papers, or other written work to turnitin.com.

• The website checks the submission for plagiarism, provides a receipt for the student to give to the teacher, and reports to the teacher that the student’s work was not copied from any source.

(Students who do not have email access at home may use the computers in the media center.)

Honor Code ViolationsANY violations of the three types of plagiarism

using words or ideas from a published source without proper documentation;

using the work of another student using excessive editing suggestions

will result in an Honor Code Violation.

Students who plagiarize or allow others to copy their work will receive:

• a “0” on the assignment or test. It may NOT be made up which means you will no longer be eligible for recovery under the CHS Recovery Policy.

• an Honor Code Violation that will be filed with the administration which means you will serve 2 days of Saturday School, and your eligibility for membership in Honor Clubs at the school will be at risk.

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