PLAGIARISM

How have you

encountered
plagiarism in the
classroom?

Most commonly committed

plagiarism.
1. Passing off someone elses
ideas and/or words as their
own.
2. Improper citation
3. The claim of unintentional
plagiarism.

Accidental = Intentional
accidentally, e.g. you paraphrase, summarize, add
your own ideas to someone elses without citing your
source,
or intentionally, e.g. you hire someone to write your
paper, or you buy, steal, or borrow a paper and pass
it off as yours.

Here in Ateneo
Whether you committed it accidentally or
intentionally, consequences are still the same
you may get a failing mark on your paper, or worse,
you may get suspended or expelled.

Why do
students
plagiarize?

What do students
plagiarize?

The General Rule

Cite everything
that does not belong to you
and is not considered common knowledge.

Defining Common Knowledge

Common knowledge is
information most
college-educated people
know, although they
might need to remind
themselves by looking
up information in a
reference book.

Widely accessible
Known by many
Found in general
resource dictionary or
encyclopedia

Should I cite this?

Should I cite this?

The Olympics are held every four
years.

Should I cite this?

By the end of the Martial Law, the
official total of foreign borrowings
ballooned to $25 billion.

Should I cite this?

Coca-Cola is a soft drink that is
popular around the world.

Should I cite this?

Two wrongs do not make a right

Should I cite this?

In the Philippines, Jollibee outsells
McDonalds.

Should I cite this?

Libraries are as old as civilization.

 Libraries are as old as

civilization-- the object of
pride, envy and sometimes
senseless destruction. From
the clay tablets of Babylon to
the computers of a modern
library stretch more than five
thousand years of man's and
woman's insatiable desire to
establish written immortality
and to insure the continuity
of culture and civilization, to
share their memory, their
wisdom, their strivings, their
fantasies, their longings and
their experiences with
mankind and future
generations.

Libraries are as old as

civilization. From the 30,000
clay tablets found in the
library of Ashurbanipal at
Nineveh, to the computers of
a modern library -- stretch
more than five thousand
years of man's insatiable
desire to establish written
immortality, insure the
continuity of culture and
civilization, to share his
wisdom, his dreams, his
memory, and his story with
the rest of mankind, and with
future generations.

Plagiarism
has many forms.

5 Types of Plagiarism
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Word-for-word
Paraphrase
Mosaic
Source
Incomplete citation

1: Word-for-word plagiarism
Super kapal ng muhka
a.k.a Cut & Paste

1: Word-for-word plagiarism
ORIGINAL FROM ROBLES

For Filipinos, happiness isnt

material its social. Were
happiest in a group: family,
friends, immediate
community, even strangers.
Ive seen in happen in
airports among perfect
strangers

PLAGIARISM
I think that for Filipinos,
happiness isnt material its
social. Were happiest in a
group: family, friends,
immediate community, even
strangers.

Excerpt from Belo, Mark. Better greedy capitalists than greedy politicians. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 5 April 2008. http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view/20080405128501/Better-greedy-capitalists-than-greedy-politicians.

2: Paraphrase plagiarism
Slight change in wording
a.k.a. retokada
2 Modes:
Thesaurus Mode
Jumble Mode

2.1 Thesaurus mode

ORIGINAL FROM PDI

PLAGIARISM

Look at the example of John

Gokongwei, he got rich
through hard work and giving
value to the Filipino
consumer. Yet he is still
giving much of his wealth to
charity.

One example is John

Gokongwei: He became rich
by working so hard and
giving value to the Filipinos.
Nevertheless, he is still
giving much of his riches to
the needy.

Excerpt from Belo, Mark. Better greedy capitalists than greedy politicians. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 5 April 2008. http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view/20080405128501/Better-greedy-capitalists-than-greedy-politicians.

2.2 Jumble mode

ORIGINAL FROM PDI

PLAGIARISM

(1) Look at the example of

John Gokongwei, (2) he got
rich through hard work and
(3) giving value to the
Filipino consumer. (4) Yet he
is still giving much of his
wealth to charity.

(1) Take a look at the

example of John Gokongwei.
(4) He is still giving much of
his wealth to charity. (3)
Gokongwei got rich through
giving value to the Filipino
consumer and (2) through
hard work.

Excerpt from Belo, Mark. Better greedy capitalists than greedy politicians. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 5 April 2008. http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view/20080405128501/Better-greedy-capitalists-than-greedy-politicians.

3: Mosaic plagiarism
lifting phrases from
the original text and
patching them with
new patterns
A.k.a. Mash Up

3: Mosaic plagiarism
ORIGINAL FROM ROBLES

For Filipinos, happiness isnt

material its social. Were
happiest in a group: family,
friends, immediate
community, even strangers.
Ive seen in happen in
airports among perfect
strangers

PLAGIARISM
While the West emphasizes
individual happiness, for us,
happiness isnt materialits
social. We do not celebrate
alone but with others. Were
happiest in a group: be it
family, friends, immediate
community, even strangers.

Excerpt from Belo, Mark. Better greedy capitalists than greedy politicians. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 5 April 2008. http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view/20080405128501/Better-greedy-capitalists-than-greedy-politicians.

4: Source plagiarism
Many authors cite other authors in order to
strengthen their arguments.
You use a material quoted by another author, but you
cite only the original source even if you did not read
the primary source and it were the latter source you
took the quote from.
a.k.a. The great pretender

4: Source plagiarism
ORIGINAL FROM SMITH

SOURCE PLAGIARISM

Before the Internet became

so popular, people used to
tape music from the radio.
According to Randy Jackson
(2006) no one was bothered
by this because it was
impossible to catch people.
Although home taping was
technically illegal, it was only
record companies who were
worried about profits who
could really call it stealing.

Jackson (2006) states

that no one cares about
downloading music
since they are
impossible to get caught.

5: Incomplete Citation
plagiarism
you cited the source for only a part of the
copied/paraphrased passage
the other passages used in your essay come off as
your own ideas.
a.k.a. Feelingera

5: Incomplete Citation
plagiarism
ORIGINAL FROM BERGER

PLAGIARISM

Bullying is defined as
repeated systematic efforts
to inflict harm on a particular
child through physical attack,
verbal attack or social attack.
Implicit in this definition is
the idea of an unbalance in
power: victims of bullying are
in some way weaker than
their harassers and continue
to be singled out for attack,
in part because they have
difficulty defending
themselves.

<PAR 1> According to Berger

(2009), bullying is inflicted through
repeated systematic efforts to
inflict harm on a particular child.
This often happens in pockets of
environments where there is no
adult supervision. I.e. playground,
cafeteria, etc.
<PAR 2> Because of the absence
of an adult, some kids take on the
role of authority. Victims of bullying
are weaker than their harassers
and are singled out for attack,
because they have difficulty
defending themselves.

Basic Features of Plagiarism

as Defined by ADSA
1. Verbatim repetition
2. The presentation of someone elses idea
without acknowledgement
3. Paraphrasing, summarizing or translating
without acknowledgment
4. Incomplete or imprecise citation
5. Having ones work done by someone else

5 Types of Plagiarism
Word-for-word (cut & paste)
Paraphrase (retokada)
Thesaurus mode
Jumble Mode

Mosaic (mash-up)
Source (great pretender)
Incomplete citation (feelingera)

Most popular online sources of

plagiarized content

Source: Turnitin 2011 Study on Plagiarism and the Web

How can we
prevent
plagiarism?

4 How can
we motivate
our students?

2 What are
the attitudes
teachers
should have
re:
plagiarism?

1 What are
the
challenges
we face as
teachers?

3 How can
we create
checkpoints
for academic
integrity?