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(Question 1) Billy was assigned an essay for English class. His friend Henry had to write a similar essay last year, so Billy decided to turn in a copy of Henry's essay.
Academic Dishonesty
Turning in someone else's work as your own is a form of plagiarism.
(Question 4) Bryan needed to paraphrase some information for his homework. He copied the information and pasted it into paraphraseonline.com, which paraphrased the information for him. He then copied the website's paraphrase and submitted it for his homework.
Academic Dishonesty
Paraphrasing means putting information in YOUR OWN words, not someone else's. Using a website to write for you is academically dishonest.
Why is it important to understand the rules of academic honesty?
It is important to understand the rules and expectations so that you can complete your work responsibly and put forth your best effort.
(Question 2) Shelly was assigned an essay for Social Studies class. After she wrote the essay, Shelly asked her sister to proofread the essay with her. Together, they corrected all of Shelly's errors.
Academic honesty
Asking someone else to give you advice on your writing is normally acceptable.
(Question 5) Dash was assigned an essay for science class. After writing the essay, Dash pasted it into paperrater.com, which gave him suggestions on how to improve his writing. Dash used the website's suggestions to revise his essay.
Academic Honesty
This is an appropriate example of using resources to produce your best possible work.
Milo was in the middle of a history test. His teacher told him that the test was independent and closed book. While Milo's teacher had her back turned, Milo quickly opened a new tab and pulled up the online textbook.
Academic Dishonesty
The phrases "closed book" and "independent" make it clear that Milo cannot use any sources while completing his test.
(Question 10) Danny, Jo, and Eliza all have similar essays due on Friday. While writing their essays independently, the students discussed their ideas and shared ideas about potential textual evidence.
Academic Honesty
Unless the students were specifically told not to talk about the essay, they are allowed to discuss their ideas.
The students should NOT submit essays that copy each other in structure or wording.
(Question 7) Jeff was assigned to read 3 scenes of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. He decided to read the scene summary found on Sparknotes.com instead.
Academic Dishonesty
Reading a summary instead of the full reading is dishonest and will not give you the full picture.
(Question 11) Landon had to answer some comprehension questions about The Diary of Anne Frank. He typed the questions into Google and responded to the questions with the answers Google gave him.
Academic Dishonesty
This class doesn't assess how well you can Google. I want to know what you know, not what you can Google.
(Question 3) Colleen was assigned an essay for English class. After she wrote the essay, Colleen asked her sister to look at the essay. While Colleen played video games in her room, her sister corrected all of her errors and changed the order of her paragraphs.
Academic dishonesty
Colleen was right to ask her sister to proofread her essay, but she should have made the changes based on her sister's advice. Her sister should not have made changes that Colleen didn't know about.
(Question 8) Ron read 3 scenes of Shakespeare's The Tempest for homework. He didn't fully understand the reading, so he read the analysis and summary on sparknotes.com.
Academic Honesty
Ron is taking control of his own learning. If Ron knows he didn't understand his assignment, he should use the resources available to help him.
Cassie was assigned an essay on World War II. Last year, she wrote a similar essay for a different class. Cassie submitted a copy of the same essay.
Academic dishonesty
Submitting the same essay for two different purposes is considered plagiarism. Sometimes, teachers will make exceptions, so Cassie should have asked her teacher if she could submit the essay. Without prior approval, Cassie's submission is considered cheating.
Elsa and Howard have the same essay due on Monday. They work together and hand in essays that have several of the same phrases. Some of the sentences are exactly the same.
Academic Dishonesty
Your writing should be unique. If you are assigned an essay or writing assignment, it should not match anyone else's writing.
Fred asked Chatgpt to write his research paper.
Academic Dishonesty
Do not use Chatgpt or any other form of AI on your assignments.
Jessie was assigned a research paper in her government class. Jessie was instructed to create MLA citations and a works cited page for each source that she used in her research paper. Jessie wrote citations for 3 of her sources. She then realized that she needed the address of the White House, so she quickly googled it and made note of the information in her research paper conclusion. Jessie handed in her finished paper, including citations for the original 3 sources.
Academic Dishonesty
Jessie took information from a fourth source and did not cite it. This is plagiarism.
When using outside sources, ALL sources must be given credit.