Cheating and Plagiarism

Oak Ridge High SchoolDefinitions and Policy

Cheating and Plagiarism

It is cheating to: Copy homework Give homework to

copy

Copy from another’s test/quiz

Allow someone to copy from your test/quiz

It is cheating to: Text/photo a test

or quiz to anyone Receive such

information

Steal a test Study from a

stolen test

It is cheating to: Tell someone in a later

class what’s on a test/quiz

Use or possess cheat sheets/crib notes

“Check an answer” on someone else’s paper

Take home work that was for in-class only

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Punishment for Cheating

Plagiarism When you write a paper, you must

give credit to the person from whom you got your information.

“Plagiarism--failing to acknowledge our debts to others--is using others' ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information.”

Information from: http://www.aug.edu/sociology/plagiarism.html

It is plagiarism to: Copy someone else’s paper or project Copy a paper off the Internet (or any

other source) Copy any part of a paper that you did not

write (without citing your source) Paraphrase any part of a paper or part of

a paper that you did not write (without citing your source)

It is plagiarism to: Pay someone to write a paper for you,

whether a friend or the Internet Put your name on someone else’s

work (for free or for money) Turn the same project/paper into more

than one teacher Work together and turn in the exact

same project/paper (unless instructed to work in pairs/groups)

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If you didn’t write it, it’s plagiarism!

Punishments for Cheating or Plagiarism

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Montgomery College Disciplinary action may include:

assigning a grade of zero or "F" for an exam or assignment

assigning a grade of "F" for the course being withdrawn from the course,

program or expelled from school http://www.montgomery-college.com/112853/

Duke University “Plagiarism is a serious offense that

can result in . . . failure of the course . . . and suspension from the University.”

http://library.duke.edu/research/ citing/plagiarism.html

Penalties from UT Disciplinary probation. Withholding of grades, official transcript, and/or degree. Suspension participation in athletic or extracurricular

activities. Failing grade for an examination or assignment or for a

course Denial of degree. Suspension from the institution for a specified period of time. Expulsion (permanent separation from the institution). Revocation of degree and withdrawal of diploma. http://www.utsystem.edu/bor/rules/50000Series/50101%202004%2012%2010%2001.pdf

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ORHS Punishment for Cheating or Plagiarism

A zero on the work A discipline referral to your

principal Punishment ranging from

detentions to ISS (and beyond) Saturday detention for daily/quiz

grade ISS for major grade

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Punishments for Cheating or Plagiarism