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assigning a grade of "F" for the course being withdrawn from the course,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