Im doing a school paper need help!!!!?

Question

Is your school doing anything about Plagiarism and/or cheating??? if so what??

Answer 1

In my college program (occupational therapy), if we were caught plagiarizing or cheating the case would go under review by the disciplinary board. If the case was severe enough (i.e. it was beyond doubt purposeful plagiarism) we got kicked out of the program. I am not sure what the universities standing then was, but I would imagine it was the same. I never had to find out!

I highschool, if we got caught cheating or plagiarizing it was an automatic -0- on our grade for that test or assignment. The student could then argue it before the school board if they felt the punishment was unfair. I know my English teacher used a program and would randomly put papers through it to make sure that no parts were plagiarized.

Good luck with your assignment!

Answer 2

The first thing to do is to educate everybody. It is too easy for the uneducated to say, "I didn't know". If you take proactive steps, then when somebody does plagerize, you can deal with it in a much more aggressive manner.

The issue of plagerism — the intentional or unwitting presentation of another's ideas as one's own — sometimes arises when students begin to incorporate into their papers the thoughts, arguments, or hypotheses of other authors. It is common for new writers not to realize that published articles are the intellectual property of those who have written them. Nonetheless, ownership of thoughts and ideas must be acknowledged by anyone who wishes to borrow information useful within one's own writing. This is done by adopting one of several established documentation styles — MLA, APA, and Chicago Styles being among those most commonly used.

However, for students who are just beginning to write college research papers, the issue of plagiarism can be hazy and confusing. Common questions arise: When do I need to cite an author's work? Do I have to cite paraphrased material? What if it seems as if the material I'm borrowing is "common knowledge?" What if I feel as if I've come up with an idea on my own and then later discover that another author has already written about the same thing?

First, this page will educate students on why the issue of plagiarism is so important, especially within the college environment, by detailing Five Useful Principles of Writing in an Academic Environment that dictate the logic behind avoiding plagiarism. Second, this page offers students a series of useful Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism.
The second link is a learning skills program to teach against it