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Academic Honesty
What is academic honesty?
Having integrity means doing the right thing, even when no one is looking. It means doing your own work even if your friend/parents/siblings offers you help on take-home project. It means writing your own papers and properly citing your resources. It means taking an online quiz without the help from your books or friends, if the quiz is supposed to be taken that way. Also, it could mean reporting someone you suspect has cheated on an assignment. Having integrity means believing in the principles and standards of our community and making sure your behavior is consistent with those principles and standards.
Why is academic integrity important?
Having academic integrity is important for several reasons.
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CONSIDERED PLAGIARISM:
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2. Give credit to online images.
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3. Evaluate and select websites based on their reliability.
Ask yourself...
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Are the links included in the website from a trusted source?
Who is the author?
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4. Cite sources.
You can do this by following these guidelines:
Printed text: record the author(s), title, publisher and date of publication
Website: record the website address (for example, http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html)
Interview: record the name, location, role of the person and the date of the interview
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Academic Honesty
What is academic honesty?
Having integrity means doing the right thing, even when no one is looking. It means doing your own work even if your friend/parents/siblings offers you help on take-home project. It means writing your own papers and properly citing your resources. It means taking an online quiz without the help from your books or friends, if the quiz is supposed to be taken that way. Also, it could mean reporting someone you suspect has cheated on an assignment. Having integrity means believing in the principles and standards of our community and making sure your behavior is consistent with those principles and standards.
Why is academic integrity important?
Having academic integrity is important for several reasons.
- First, having academic integrity means that others can trust you.
- You develop good reputations by being honest, fair, and trustworthy
- Developing good ethical habits now, while you are in PYP, will help you as you enter the Senior school.
- Academic integrity is important because it provides value to your accomplishment.
- Finally, having academic integrity is important because it can offer you peace of mind knowing that you believe in doing the right thing, and always try to act consistently with those beliefs. Acting with integrity can reduce a lot of unnecessary stress in your life, making you happier, healthier, and more productive.
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CONSIDERED PLAGIARISM:
- turning in someone else's work as your own
- copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
- failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
- giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
- changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
- copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules)
When performing research, we expect you to...
1. Use photos that are free to use or share. You can do this by finding photos that are labeled for reuse in Google's Advanced Search. There are also photo-finding sites like the ones below where you can find reusable photos that are licensed under Creative Commons:
CC Search - a fantastic tool that gives access to photo-searching sites in one place. Try it!
Compfight - use the settings to pick original and safe Creative Commons-licensed photos
Flickrcc
2. Give credit to online images.
How do I attribute an image?
3. Evaluate and select websites based on their reliability.
Ask yourself...
What does the domain name/country code tell me about this site?
Are the links included in the website from a trusted source?
Who is the author?
When was the website published?
4. Cite sources.
You can do this by following these guidelines:
Printed text: record the author(s), title, publisher and date of publication
Website: record the website address (for example, http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html)
Interview: record the name, location, role of the person and the date of the interview
Experiment: record the equipment and method used, the results and conclusions
Created Work: record the title, artist and reference (museum, recording) if appropriate
Reference: