CHAPTER 6 ; ACADEMIC INTERGRITY & PERFOMANCE

 

What is Academic Intergrity ? 

• Honesty and responsibility in scholarship
• Academic assignment exist to help student learn
• Grades represent student performance
• Student must understand own effort

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism: an act of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author’s work as one’s own, as by not crediting the original author.

REFERENCING EXERCISE

Try these exercises to help familiarize yourself with the APA citation style:

• http://library.georgiancollege.ca/citing/exercises

         Use this link to understand the concept:

• https://apastyle.apa.org/

              - Choose any book/ journal article

              - Rephrase 1 sentence from the book/journal article.

              - Cited the reference using APA style format

Original Sentence 

• School Psychology, formerly known as School Psychology Quarterly, is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association on behalf of APA Division 16. The journal was established in 1986 and covers topics such as the "psychology of education and services for children in school settings." 

Rephrase Sentence 

• School Psychology, formerly known as School Psychology Quarterly, is a peer reviewed research journal published on behalf of APA Division 16 by the American Psychological Association. The journal was founded in 1986 and covers subjects such as "psychology of education and services for children in school settings."

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_Psychology_(journal)
•  "School Psychology". American Psychological Association. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-23.