Academic Honesty

1. Academic Honesty 3/5/2012

2. Opportunities to discuss course content • Today- 10-11 • Tuesday 12-2

3. Plagiarism and Academic Honesty

4. Definition • pla-gia-rize Etymology: plagiary Date: 1716 transitive senses : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting thesource intransitive senses : to commit literary theft : present as new andoriginal an idea or product derived from an existing source From: Webster's New World Dictionary, Second College Edition

5. The difference between good research and plagiarism is a reference!

6. The Academic Handbook St. Edward's University expects academic honesty from all students; consequently, all work submitted for grading in a course must be created as the result of your own thought and effort. Representing work as your own when it is not a result of your own thought and effort is a violation of the St. Edward's Academic Honesty policy. The normal penalty for a student who is dishonest in any work is to receive a mark of F for that course. Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty and may result in the same penalty. In cases of mitigating circumstances, the instructor has the option to assign a lesser penalty. A student who has been assigned the grade of F because of academic dishonesty does not have the option of withdrawing from the course.

7. Forms of Plagiarism

8. Theft • Taking someone else's work and submitting it as your own. • This ranges from a few sentences, to an entire paper. • it is plagiarism and is subject to the penalties under the academic honest policy

9. Collusion • receiving unauthorized assistance on any type of work such as writing sections of your paper. • Roommates, friends, mom and dad

10. What of Long Strings of Quotations • Cutting and Pasting information from the internet is stealing. • This includes big chunks of information. • Papers must be original

11. Unintentional Plagiarism • Is still plagiarism • failure to cite • creating an impression that someone else's work is your own

12. Examples • you bought or otherwise acquired a research paper and handed it in part or all of it as you own • you paraphrased someone's unique or particularly apt phrase without acknowledgement. • You repeated someone's wording without acknowledgement • while browsing the web, you copied text and pasted it into your paper without quotation marks or without citing source

13. Paraphrasing

14. When Paraphrasing is Plagiarism • Only the wording of a few phrases was changed and the sentences were only re-arranged. This is called transcribing • The writer does not acknowledge the source of the information and ideas.

15. When it is not • The writer uses his or her own words. • Proper acknowledgment for the ideas presented in the passage is given.

16. When citations are not needed

17. Citations are not needed • Information is your own writing • It is a familiar saying or proverb

18. Common Knowledge • These are facts known by a large amount of people. • These do not need citations. • George Washington was the first President of the United States

19. What is Not Common Knowledge • Anything that is not common knowledge needs a citation. This is especially true when the statement involves an interpretation Washington was probably a deist, though he would have strenuously denied accusations of not being a Christian, if any had been foolish enough to make them (Johnson, p.205)

20. Wikipedia • This is not a trusted source because it is user edited rather than peer reviewed. • It tries to present a neutral point of view, but is often lacking • The Death of Sinbad • Do not use this as a source in your paper.

21. Turnitin.com

22. About Turnitin.com • It Checks your paper for plagiarism • Against the web • Against the other papers in the turnitin archive • Failure to use this results in a 5 point deduction from your paper

23. Accessing Turnitin • Log into Blackboard • Go to the CAPS 4360Page • DO NOT GO TO TURNITIN.COM

24. Click on Assignments Click on Assignments

25. Click on View/Complete Click on View/Complete

26. Step 1 in Submitting the Paper • Fill out all the parts • You must have a title for your paper • Browse for your file • Choose Upload

27. Step 2 In Submitting the Paper • Preview the Paper • Make sure everything is ok • Choose Submit

28. Step 3 in Submitting the Paper • If you do it right, you will get the following message

29. SUBMISSION THREE ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH TENTATIVE CONCLUSION

30. A Reminded on Paper 2 • Approximately 15-20 pages long • Works Cited • Appendix(ces) • Correct MLA form throughout • Style • In accordance with Capstone guidelines • Polished, proofed • DUE: in class March 9th

31. THREE SECTIONS • Critical Thinking • Moral Reasoning • Tentative solution

32. Part I: CRITICAL THINKING:Analysis of argumentation and Evidence • Requires THINKING • Evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of each side’s body of argumentation • Each argument and related evidence • Evaluate their arguments, not your own! • Think of each major argument as a question needed to answer • Will Keystone XL pipeline reduce the price of oil? • Will the dream act reduce illegal immigration?

33. How to identify a weak argument • Does any real policymaker support this argument • Is it supported with valid, current data • Is it deceptive or fallacious

34. Decide Who wins the argument • Take a stand on who “wins” each argument • Which side’s argument is more substantial and complete • Make certain you review EACH MAJOR ARGUMENT you discussed in Submission 2 • Do not create new arguments, or leave important arguments on the table

35. Example Regarding the issue of oil prices, the conservatives argue…, while the liberals argue…. The liberals’ strength in terms of their argumentation is…Their weaknesses are… The conservatives’ strengths are…Their weaknesses are…In summary, the (winning side) have stronger arguments regarding the issue of the price of oil.

36. Part II Moral Reasoning

37. MORAL REASONING • Value-laden, i.e., ethical, perspective • Based on Ruggiero method

38. Real Policymaking does not examine the moral reasoning model, but your Capstone Paper Must!

39. Moral reasoning requirements • Obligations (of each side) • Values (held by each side) • Main values (intro) • Prioritized list (Sub Two) • Thorough discussion (Sub Three) • Consequences (potentially coming from position) • Foundational normative principles (supporting case) • Other normative principles (supporting case)

40. Moral Reasoning • You did this in American Dilemmas • Make certain you hit all the points • The Handbook is good on this section

41. PART III Tentative solution

42. TENTATIVE CONCLUSION • Your answer to the thesis question • You must take a stand, i.e., answer the question • Note reservations, if you have any • Support your position

43. Support for your conclusion • Critical Thinking perspective • Refer back to “strengths and weaknesses” analysis • Develop your own argumentation • Moral reasoning perspective • Refer back to moral reasoning analysis • Develop your own moral reasoning • Obligations, values, consequences • Normative principles that support your conclusion

44. Creating your own solution • I strongly advise against this • With limited policy and political expertise, you are setting yourself up for failure • Use something real.

45. TENTATIVE SOLUTION • How you would solve the social problems identified in the beginning of the paper • Options • Content will vary depending on your solution • Accept the option in the thesis sentence • Reject the option in the thesis sentence • Modify the option in the thesis sentence • Your practical plan • Economic • Social • Political

46. Mechanics • 6-8 pages long (estimate only) • Critical thinking = 3 pages • Moral reasoning = 3 pages • Conclusion/solution = 1 pages • Works Cited as needed • Writing = as perfect as you can make it • MLA format = as perfect as possible

47. THE GOOD NEWS • Due Friday, March 30th • Course is downhill from there!