Cheating and Plagiarism

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Cheating and Plagiarism

• Richland High Study Group
• 2002-2003

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The Problem

• Data shows that cheating is becoming more common.
• The resources available on the Internet makes it
  easier to cheat than in the past.
• Cheating gets in the way of real learning.

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According to the Merriam-Webster OnLine
Dictionary, to cheat means

• 1 a to practice fraud or trickery
• b to violate rules dishonestly (as at cards or
  on an examination)

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According to the Merriam-Webster OnLine
Dictionary, to plagiarize means

• to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of
  another) as one's own
• to use (another's production) without crediting
  the source
• to commit literary theft
• to present as new and original an idea or product
  derived from an existing source.

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Our Vision

• In order to create a climate of integrity and to
  foster the value of learning, RHS teachers,
  students, and parents will understand the defined
  consequences of cheating and plagiarism as
  established in the RHS academic integrity policy
  that will be implemented and enforced for the
  entire student body.

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Possible Solutions

• Teach students what constitutes cheating.
• Establish clear guidelines
• Enforce these guidelines consistently

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RHS Academic Integrity Policy

• To be determined!

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For More Information Go To

• http//plagiarism.org/

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Created by

• Lynn Neitzel-Cleavenger
• Library 160
• Fall 2003