Academic dishonesty is defined as “a student's use of unauthorized assistance with
intent to deceive an instructor or other such person who may be assigned to evaluate
the student’s work in meeting course and degree requirements.” (UCDenver, 2017)
Examples of Academic dishonesty
Plagiarism – using the ideas of other people without properly citing the said people
(UCDenver, 2017)
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Copying the idea word-for-word
Mosaic – inserting own words to replace some of the words used by the author
Paraphrasing
Faking the references or the source of the ideas
Submitting the work of other people as your own
Not properly citing the ideas
Cheating – “ possession, communication, or use of information, materials, notes, study
aids or other devices not authorized by the instructor in an academic exercise, or
communication with another person during such an exercise” (UCDenver, 2017)
Fabrication and falsification of information in school forms and school requirements
(UCDenver, 2017)
Multiple submissions of an academic requirement that has been graded already without
the consent of the teacher (UCDenver, 2017)
Improper use of academic materials which according to UCDenver (2017) includes, but
is not limited to, the following
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Stealing or destroying academic resources provided by the school (eg. Library reference
materials)
Stealing or destroying the notes, projects and other materials of another student
Asking for other student’s assistance in an academic requirement when such assistance has
been forbidden by the teacher
Possession of answer keys and other related materials without the consent of the teacher