1st LOI

Causes of Plagiarism

                                                                                           

Students usually are afraid that they would fail if they just do their work because they did not study that subject. Students who forgot to or did not study on time are usually forced to plagiarise because they would fail if not. Bad time management skills are also a main source of the issue. Lack of effort into work may also make them want to plagiarise to get good grades or to just pass.

 People must realize that while there are actual reasons for choosing to cheat or plagiarise, Teachers are more interested in judging each student's unique, original work than the work of other people, bots, or websites.

"Plagiarism is the act of using another person's words, ideas, instances, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or even their structure in one's own work without giving due credit to the original author. The term "work" refers to theses, drafts, finished essays, tests, projects, assignments, presentations, or any other type of communication, whether it be through the Internet or in another medium. "Proper acknowledgment" involves the use of quotation marks or indenting together with supporting evidence for works that are directly cited and explicit, articulated citations for paraphrased or otherwise borrowed works."

Plagiarism is the “act” of using someone else’s work, ideas, instances, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs without giving credit to the original artist/ person or not using their structure. It can be work, drafts, finished essays, tests, projects, assignments, presentations, or other types of communication such as online chatting. “Proper acknowledgment” means you must use quotation marks or indenting and supporting evidence that the work is cited.

Most students are aware that it is illegal to portray someone else's work as your own, which is known as plagiarism. Yet, it is nonetheless possible for someone to be

Most students are aware that academic dishonesty and plagiarism go hand in hand. Plagiarism is the act of presenting someone else's work as your own. Nonetheless, using someone else's work without providing proper acknowledgment to the original author or making small changes to someone else's work might result in an unintentional plagiarism charge. Understanding plagiarism and how to avoid it are crucial.

None of these situations should be used as justification for plagiarising, cheating, or engaging in other types of academic dishonesty.  Students who decide to cheat or plagiarise give themselves an unfair advantage on tasks while also showing disrespect for the other students' efforts in the class.  Students must realize that while there are legitimate excuses for choosing to cheat or plagiarise, instructors are more interested in evaluating each student's unique, original work than the work of others.

None of these situations should be used as justification for plagiarizing, cheating, or engaging in other types of academic dishonesty. Those who decide to cheat or plagiarize offer themselves an unfair edge on tasks while also showing disregard for the other students' efforts in the class. Students.

Direct Plagiarism

It entails verbatim copying of another person's work with no editing. It is then presented as one's own work without citing the original author or source or placing quotation marks around it.

Collaboration or author plagiarism while contributing

This kind of plagiarism happens when several authors work on a project together, but ultimately just one author receives credit for the entire thing. This kind of plagiarism mainly happens among students who ask their friends for assistance with a project or in groups participating in classroom activities when the group leader unilaterally claims credit for the work produced by the team.

Combined plagiarism

When someone engages in aggregated plagiarism, they correctly cite and reference all of their sources while making no original contributions. As a result, the final product is a compilation of other people's labor with no unique ideas.

Embedded Plagiarism

Without using quote marks, one kind of plagiarism involves presenting ideas that were taken verbatim from another source. Additionally, it entails reworking the author's notions while maintaining the original pattern's structure and meaning by employing synonyms.

Accidental Copying

If you don't know how to correctly paraphrase, quote, and cite your study, you risk accidentally plagiarizing. This can happen if you unintentionally credit your sources erroneously, omit to reference paraphrased material, or paraphrase the source material inappropriately.

A list of plagiarism

This form of plagiarism involves the author completely copying the structure and outline of another essay or paper.

Self-plagiarism

There are some instances where students submit their prior papers under the pretence that they are unique. Reusing or recycling your own words from previously published papers or assignment submissions is commonly referred to as self-plagiarism. Even while it doesn't go as far as outright stealing someone else's thoughts or writings, it can nevertheless cause issues in the field of scholarly publication. Submitting the identical assignment to professors teaching various classes without their permission is another instance of self-plagiarism.

 Worldwide Plagiarism

This kind of plagiarism is taking someones information or idea and presenting it to others as your own, coincidently this is the most basic form of plagiarism but the most common aswell. This covers both buying an essay from a firm and having someone else who is knowledgeable about the subject, such as a friend or classmate, create work for you.

Inaccurate citation

When someone misrepresents an author's exact words and adds to them, this is known as a misquoted citation. Since accidental plagiarism of this kind might happen, it is important for students to make sure they always cite the whole quote.

A Reference Faking

This type of Plagiarism is putting alot of sources in the reference list which will give the reader the impression that their work is original and had been checked for plagiarism. Students do this when they are rushing to finish a paper and don't have enough time to conduct enough research. As a result, they end up citing sources they haven't done any study on. Since the author's purpose in this type of plagiarism is to make the reader beleive that their work is orginal, this is a violation of trust and is strongly discouraged.

Resources/Citations:

https://www.kent.edu/writingcommons/causes-plagiarism
https://www.rit.edu/twc/academicintegrity/reasons-students-plagiarize-or-cheat

https://www.totalstudentcare.com/guides/en/plagiarism-by-students-consequences-and-how-to-avoid-it/

https://kappanonline.org/cleary-top-10-reasons-students-plagiarize/

https://fixgerald.com/blog/why-do-students-plagiarize

https://www.mga.edu/plagiarism/why.php

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1334491.pdf

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2017/02/15/5-reasons-people-plagiarize-and-how-to-stop-them/