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write 900 words based on the instructions below I have to write an essay as an apologySubmit a 3 page reflection paper (12-pt. type, double spaced, properly cited, appropriate language/grammar/spelling) on academic integrity, including a review of the materials at www.fullerton.edu/INTEGRITY in the Student Resources tab, Academic Integrity Resources side link, using the Titan Integrity Guide to Understanding, Avoiding Academic Dishonesty, and the Academic Dishonesty Policy as references. The paper should use those materials above to help you address the following:Describe academic dishonesty.Explain why it is important to members of the university to understand academic dishonesty.What would happen if everyone acted the way you did in this scenario? << I cheated in an examDescribe cheating and what you should do to prevent cheating. << you can say that its a way to gain an unfair advantage and talk about itExplain the impact this incident has had on you, the impact this incident has on the Cal State Fullerton community, and the potential impact if another similar situation happens in the future. << you can say that it was unfair from me to try and get an advantage over my fellow students and that it leads to uneven distribution of grades which results in impacting the whole classs gradeReflect on what you have learned from the experience. << I have no idea what to sayHow will this incident impact your actions and options moving forward? instructor_manual.pdf Unformatted Attachment Preview Making Integrity Count Video Instructor’s Manual Funded through University Mission and Goals Initiative “Sustaining Academic Excellence through Integrity” Introduction This manual is provided in conjunction with the “Making Integrity Count” video, which can be accessed at http://www.fullerton.edu/INTEGRITY. The video and manual are designed to help you educate your students about academic integrity. The video uses an “edutainment” approach to help students understand some of the more common violations of academic integrity and how to avoid them. This manual offers instructors exercises and discussion topics that reinforce the concepts addressed in the video. The purpose of this project is to help students be successful at CSUF. You are encouraged to use the video and the accompanying activities provided with this manual in a way that works best for your own classes. How to Use this Manual This manual provides an overview of various academic integrity topics that students need to be aware of in order to be successful at CSUF. In-depth information is provided on topics such as cheating on tests, plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, developing good study habits, citing and paraphrasing, etc. Some of the issues covered by the video will be directly relevant to the classes you teach, while others may only be peripheral, depending on the nature of your courses. The manual is set up to complement the topics addressed in the video. It includes suggested resources and activities that can help students develop an understanding of many different integrity-related concepts. If you want to provide students with general information about academic integrity as presented in the video, you can use the following outline as a guide when talking about the subject with your students. You may opt to show the video in class as part of your discussion with them or ask students to view it before coming to class. If you only want to address specific academic integrity topics that relate to your classes, such as plagiarism, for example, you don’t need to use the material in the exact order it is presented here. You can simply pick and choose the activities that will help you reinforce the concepts you believe will best serve the students in your own classes. Suggested Outline I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. Introduction to Academic Integrity Pre-test Administration Video Group Activities Discussion of Academic Dishonesty Review of Student Conduct Website: http://www.fullerton.edu/integrity Post-test Administration Homework Assignment Instructions (if applicable) Questions I. Introduction to Academic Integrity Academic integrity is the cornerstone of a university education. Academic integrity means honesty and responsibility in all scholarship. Academic assignments exist to help students learn; grades exist to show how fully this goal is attained. Therefore, all work and all grades should result from the students own understanding and effort. It takes only a minute to destroy a reputation of integrity. Students need to understand the importance of integrity both personally and professionally. The definition of Academic Dishonesty used by Student Conduct: “An attempt to gain an unfair academic advantage and/or assisting or permitting another to do so.” Students have a duty to do all of their work honestly and to not actively assist another student to cheat or to even allow (permit) it to happen. ACTIVITY – Review University Policy with Students To understand more fully what this means at CSUF, review the university policy on Academic Dishonesty (UPS 300.021) with your students. You can find it online at: http://www.fullerton.edu/senate/documents/ups.asp, or at the Student Conduct website at: http://www.fullerton.edu/INTEGRITY. “Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on examinations or assignments, unauthorized collaboration, plagiarism, falsification/fabrication of university documents, any act designed to give unfair academic advantage to the student (such as, but not limited to, submission of essentially the same written assignment for two courses without the prior permission of the instructor), assisting or allowing any of these acts, or the attempt to commit such acts.” II. Assessment - Pre-test Administration It is important for Student Conduct to assess the learning of students who view this video and participate in follow-up discussion and activities. This can be accomplished with the use of a pretest and post-test. 2 ACTIVITY – Administer Pre-test Before having students watch the video, administer a short pre-test to your students which can be found in Appendix A. Please ensure they complete the form by printing their name, their CSUF student ID (CWID) and the instructor’s name. At the end of your class on academic integrity, you can then administer the post-test (Appendix B). Please ensure that students complete the form by printing their names, their CSUF student ID (CWID) and the instructor’s name. Within a week of administration, please send both the completed pre-tests and post-tests to the Dean of Students Office, Student Conduct, TSU-235. III. Video ACTIVITY – Show Video Preparing for the Video: The video is approximately 35 minutes long. It is structured as a series of short television programs that address different aspects of academic integrity and the consequences of academic dishonesty. You may choose to show the video in class or ask students to view it on their own before coming to class. One way to encourage students to be engaged in the video is to ask them to complete a worksheet while watching it as a basis for a later discussion. The worksheet is included as Appendix D. Video Program Descriptions with Take-away Points: Below is a brief synopsis of the different programs featured in the video with highlights of the key integrity take-away points of each segment. Following the video, you can use these points as a basis for discussion and/or administer some of the in-class exercises provided in Section IV. These exercises relate to the topics covered by the video. The approximate length of each segment is included after its title in the event you only want to show individual programs on specific topics rather than the entire video. 1. Opening – student has a brief phone conversation with a friend about getting caught cheating but doesn’t appear to think it is serious. 2. “Father Knows Tests” Sitcom ( 4 minutes) – son comes home dejected after receiving an “F in the course” from his instructor and a warning letter from the Dean of Students Office, Student Conduct, for cheating on a test; has a heart-to-heart discussion with Dad, who offers advice. 3 Integrity Points: • You can receive an F in the course and have a file in Student Conduct for 7 years. A second offense can result in suspension from CSU. • Everyone is responsible for academic integrity. Don’t help or allow someone else to cheat. Protect your work/cover your exam. • Anyone who sees cheating has the responsibility to tell the instructor right away. • It is not fair to students in the class who studied for the exam for the cheater to get a better grade than he/she deserves. • Students want their degrees to mean something – to themselves, and to their future employers. • You can receive an academic consequence for cheating AND helping or allowing someone else to cheat. • Be prepared for class: have daily study time, talk to your professor throughout the semester, and come prepared to learn. 3. “Integrity News Network” Newscast (3 minutes) – journalist reports story about a student who got caught using a “hired brain” to take a test for her on-line class; discusses seriousness of offense with CSUF professor. Integrity Points • Asking someone to take an exam or a whole course (hired brain – paid or not) is academic dishonesty, and students do get caught. • Egregious act of dishonesty because students don’t do their own academic work but expect to receive credit as if they had actually learned the material. • Both students are suspended or expelled from all 23 CSU campuses for such acts. • On-line classes are monitored and have the same academic rigor as in-person classes. • Students could do the work if they applied themselves, talked to their professors, and managed their time better. • It is better to do poorly in the class than to be labeled a cheater. • Cheating = Cheating yourself out of learning. • Time management is one of the keys to success in your classes. • CSUF expects students to be honest and trustworthy because we know they want to learn and be successful in their careers. Faculty, staff, and administrators are all here to help students meet their goals. 4. “Studying” Commercial (1 minute) – student talks about how she used to be embarrassed about poor grades; explains how studying has resulted in a better outcome. Integrity Points: • Studying has been shown to be effective in combating poor grades. • Clinical trials have shown studying to be more effective when combined with a healthy notetaking regimen. • Studying should not be considered a replacement for regular class attendance but rather as a healthy supplement. • Side effects include: decreased ignorance, raised GPA, lessened anxiety, increased selfesteem, and restful nights. • Some students have reported earlier than expected graduation. • Studying has been found to reduce the urge to cheat. • 10 out of 10 professors recommend studying. 4 5. “Integrity Street” Puppet Show (6 minutes) – in a Sesame Street-like format, students are taught about some key concepts of academic integrity including cheating on examinations or assignments, plagiarism, falsifying documents, and unauthorized collaboration. Integrity Points • Academic Dishonesty definition: an attempt to gain an unfair academic advantage and/or assisting or permitting another to do so. • Cheating means doing something deceptive to get a better grade than you deserve, helping a friend get a better grade then he/she deserves, or letting someone else do something to get a better grade than he/she deserves. • There are many different examples of cheating. All are unfair to other students in the class. • Unauthorized collaboration: it is acceptable to talk to a classmate in the same class in order to clarify the instructor’s instruction or the other student’s approach. However, it is academic dishonesty if instead you help each other by completing the assignment together. • Falsifying academic records: forging academic transcripts, applications for admission, registration materials, or even attendance forms. • Plagiarism: taking the work of another person and claiming it as your own in any written assignment. Work may include anything that someone creates from own brain – not yours. • Plagiarism shows disrespect for the professor and other students. • Cheating on exams includes: using external devices, talking to other students, looking at another’s exam, getting a test ahead of time, changing the answers on a graded exam, and asking for a re-grade after changing your answers. 6. “Name that Paraphrase” Game Show (7 minutes) – students compete for valuable prizes to come up with the best paraphrased version of a referenced source; illustrates the importance of citing sources properly when writing a paper to avoid plagiarism. Integrity Points: • Paraphrasing is reading and understanding an original text, putting the author’s ideas into your own words without distorting the meaning and giving appropriate attribution or credit to the author. • Plagiarism occurs when you just substitute some words for the original words. • The best way to not plagiarize is to not look at the original text while you are paraphrasing. 7. “Reputable Gives You Earnings” Commercial (1 minute) – a parody of the “Red Bull Gives You Wings” advertisement; encourages students to earn their degrees honestly, so they don’t jeopardize the value of their college education. 8. “Days of our Lies” Soap Opera (4 minutes) – restaurant patron unexpectedly runs into exgirlfriend who got kicked out of CSUF for cheating; discusses consequences of plagiarism, “double-dipping” on assignments, and committing more than one act of academic dishonesty. Integrity Points • If you use the exact words of another person you must put the words into quotation marks. Just having a citation is plagiarism. • Two acts of dishonesty will result in suspension from CSU campuses for a period of time. 5 • • Submitting the same paper for two classes without permission of the instructors is academic dishonesty. Suspension can have severe consequences including loss of trust by family or friends, delay of academic goals and/or entrance into graduate or professional school. 9. “PBS Pledge Drive” (9 minutes) – reiteration of key points made in previous programs; explanation of how students can pledge to sustain academic integrity at CSUF. Integrity Points • Successful students will: learn in each class; master their academic disciplines or majors; contribute to the academic community; develop intellectually, emotionally, socially, ethically; and graduate from CSUF and become responsible, ethical citizens. • Students can increase their chances for success by attending class, coming prepared to learn, taking notes, setting regular study times, talking to professors, not cheating. • To avoid plagiarism, when using another person’s exact words in a direct quote, do both of the following: provide a citation in the text or in a footnote, and enclose the words in quotation marks. • When paraphrasing another person’s ideas, thoughts, research, data, or creations: put these ideas in your own words without distorting the original meaning; make sure not to just rearrange or replace a few words; cite the source in the text or in a footnote. • No quotation marks are needed when paraphrasing because these are not the exact words of another. IV. Group Activities You may select from one of the group exercises that can be used in class to reinforce the concepts introduced in the video - Appendix E: • • • • • • General Integrity Exercises Plagiarism Quiz and Discussion Paraphrasing Exercise Cheating on Exams Exercise and Discussion Unauthorized Collaboration Exercise Falsification of Documents Exercise and Discussion V. Discussion of Academic Dishonesty Classroom discussion is one of the most effective deterrents to academic dishonesty. There is no substitute for faculty members engaging students in dialogue about the importance of integrity in their academic lives. Appendix F contains resources you can use when fostering a discussion about academic integrity and dishonesty with your students. 6 VI. Review of Student Conduct Website – http://www.fullerton.edu/INTEGRITY The Student Conduct website includes an assortment of information that can help students better understand the basic concepts of academic integrity and the Academic Appeals process. It also contains resources to help them be successful students. ACTIVITY – Review Student Conduct website with your students VII. Assessment: Post-Test Administration ACTIVITY – Administer Post-test Administer the post-test after the students have viewed the video and participated in follow-up discussion and activities pertaining to academic integrity. Please ensure that students complete the form by printing their names, their CSUF student ID (CWID), and the instructor’s name. Within a week of administration, please send both the completed pre-tests and post-tests to the Dean of Students Office, Student Conduct, in TSU-235. VIII. Homework Assignment Instructions Following are some suggestions for take-home assignments that can be given to students after completing an in-class session on academic integrity. • Ask students to write a 2-3 page reflective paper (typed, double-spaced, 12-point type, properly cited, appropriate language/grammar/spelling) on academic dishonesty. The paper should include a review of the materials at http://www.fullerton.edu/INTEGRITY, click on Student Resources tab, then Academic Integrity Resources tab, using the first two papers as references. The paper should address the following: describe academic dishonesty, explain why it is important to members of the University to understand academic dishonesty, explain unauthorized collaboration and how to avoid it, describe plagiarism, explain how a student can avoid plagiarism, explain how a student properly cites direct words of others, and explain how a student paraphrases words and ideas of others. The paper should demonstrate an understanding of a student’s responsibility for integrity in the classroom. • Ask students to write a 2-3-page paper (typed, double-spaced, 12-point type, properly cited, appropriate language/grammar/spelling) addressing the following: What are my career goals and how will my CSUF degree assist me in reaching my goals? How might having a notation (suspension, expulsion) on my transcript prohibit me from attaining my goals? • Have students view the online “Academic Integrity Tutorial” and take the quiz. Go to http://www.fullerton.edu/INTEGRITY, open the Student Resources tab, open the Academic Integrity Resources tab, open the “Academic Integrity Tutorial.” At the next class period, discuss the tutorial and go over the quiz. IX. Questions 7 • Appendix A – Pre-test Questions • Appendix B – Post-test Questions • Appendix C – Test Answer Sheet • Appendix D – Video Worksheet • Appendix E – General Integrity Exercises  Plagiarism (Quiz and Discussion)  Paraphrasing (Exercise)  Cheating on Tests (Exercise and Discussion)  Unauthorized Collaboration (Exercise)  Falsification of Documents (Exercise and Discussion) • Appendix F – Faculty Resources to Foster Classroom Discussions  Plagiarism  Submitting the Same Assignment/Paper for Different Classes  Group Work  Unauthorized Collaboration  Falsification of Documents  Cheating on Examinations  Cheating in Online Courses  Attempting to Gain an Unfair Academic Advantage  Assisting Others Attempt to Gain an Unfair Academic Advantage  Consequences of Academic Dishonesty  Who Gets Hurt? • Appendix G – Academic Integrity Quotes • Appendix H – Integrity Rap Lyrics • Appendix I – Instructor Answer Sheet 8 APPENDIX A – PRE-Test Instructor:__________________________________ Name:_____________________________________ CWID#:____________________________________ 1. When writing a paper, sources not quoted directly only need to be listed in the reference list at the end of the paper. True False 2. Which of the following are examples of falsifying university documents? (mark all that apply) a. Modifying your high school transcript to reflect that you have completed a required course. b. Helping a friend by signing his name on an attendance roster in one of your classes. c. Changing a note from your doctor indicating you were still sick on the day of your exam. d. Turning in a withdrawal form for a class on which you had signed your professor’s name after he told you that he would allow you to drop the class. 3. A student who violates academic integrity standards for a class will receive only a warning if the student was unaware that his or her action was prohibited by University Policy. True False 4. Which of the following statements are true? (mark all that apply) a. It is academic dishonesty to ask another student questions about an examination that he/she has previously taken and you are about to take. b. It is not academic dishonesty to read a condensed version of a novel/play or watch a movie based on the book rather than read the ... Purchase answer to see full attachment