Plagiarism/Paraphrasing

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Understanding Plagiarism and Paraphrasing

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge and understanding of plagiarism and paraphrasing in academic writing. It will cover various aspects, including proper citations, the significance of original work, and examples of plagiarism.

Key Features:

7 multiple-choice questions
Focus on important citation practices
Enhance your writing skills

7 Questions2 MinutesCreated by EditingEagle42

Original Source: “The amount of time females allocated to maintenance behaviors, including self-preening, preening nestlings, allopreening, and maintaining their nest, decreased by 30% in response to hikers” (Swarthout and Steidl 2003, p.312).

Student's Entry: The presence of hikers reduced female owls’ preening, of themselves, their young and their mates, and nest maintenance behaviors by over 25% (Swarthout and Steidl 2003).

(@) Yes, this is plagiarism

(*) No, this is not plagiarism

Original Source:“The amount of time females allocated to maintenance behaviors, including self-preening, preening nestlings, allopreening, and maintaining their nest, decreased by 30% in response to hikers” (Swarthout and Steidl 2003, p.312)

Student's Entry: The amount of time female owls dedicated to maintaining their nest, self-preening, allopreening and preening nestlings decreased 30% in response to hikers (Swarthout and Steidl 2003).

(&) Yes, this is plagiarism

($) No, this is not plagiarism

3. Paraphrasing too closely to the original text, even if you do credit the source, is still considered as plagiarism because:

(@) By changing a few words or the order of the original words, you have changed the author's exact words.

(&) By not providing the exact words of the author in their entirety, you are attributing to the author some words that he/she did not write.

(%) You must never use the words of others when you are using their ideas.

(#) You have failed to indicate, by means of direct quotation marks, which are the exact words of the original.

4. How would you correctly cite the following article in the text of a paper?

Sheldon, S. B. (2002). Parents' social networks and beliefs as predictors of parent involvement. The Elementary School Journal, 102, 301-316.

(!) According to the article, Parents' social networks and beliefs as predictors of parent involvement...

(#) According to Sheldon (2002)...

(@) According to an article published in 2002 in The Elementary School Journal...

(*) According to Sheldon in the article, Parents' Social Networks and Beliefs as Predictors of Parent Involvement...

5. Below is an excerpt from the article: Schuetze, P. (2004). Evaluation of a brief homework assignment designed to reduce citations problems. Teaching of Psychology, 31, 257-259:

“Increased student confidence in their ability to avoid plagiarism would hypothetically result in an inaccurate perception that they are fully knowledgeable about the complexities involved in proper citations in scientific papers” (p. 259).

Which of the following examples correctly paraphrases the above passage (i.e. without

plagiarizing)

(^) Increased student confidence in their ability to avoid plagiarism would hypothetically result in an inaccurate perception that they are fully knowledgeable about the complexities involved in proper citations in scientific papers (2004).

(+) One danger that arises from learning about plagiarism is that students may mistakenly believe that they know all there is to know about citing information properly (Schuetze, 2004).

(*) Increased student confidence in their ability to avoid plagiarism would hypothetically result in an inaccurate perception that they are fully knowledgeable about the complexities involved in proper citations in scientific papers (Schuetze, 2004).

(&) According to Schuetze (2004, p. 259), "One danger of increasing students' confidence in their ability to avoid plagiarism is that this overconfidence could leave them unaware thatthey do not understand the complexities of proper citation."

6. Below is an excerpt from the article:

Bennett, R. (2005). Factors associated with student plagiarism in a post-1992 university. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 30, 137-162.

“There is a need for university staff to address forcefully the issue of academic integrity during introductory programs and to explain clearly and sympathetically the objective need for honesty in academic life” (p. 156).

Which of the following examples correctly paraphrases the above passage (without plagiarizing)?

(+) There is a need for university staff to address forcefully the issue of academic integrity during introductory programs and to explain clearly and sympathetically the objective need for honesty in academic life (p. 156).

(*) There is a need for university staff to address forcefully the issue of academic integrity during introductory programs and to explain clearly and sympathetically the objective need for honesty in academic life (Bennett, 2005).

(&) There is a need for colleges to forcefully address the issue of academic integrity during beginning programs and to explain clearly and sympathetically the objective need for integrity in college life (Bennett, 2005).

(%) During orientations, university staff should be very clear about the importance of academic integrity (Bennett, 2005).

7. While writing a long research paper, you come across an interesting concept mentioned in a book, and you incorporate this concept into your main argument. After you finishwriting the paper, you can't remember where you initially found the concept, so you don't bother to cite the source of your idea. This is considered an acceptable practice (i.e., not plagiarism).

(!) True

(&) False

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