Study Skills (UED 102) - Nik Rania : Module 7 - Academic Integrity, Performance

What is Academic Integrity?
Academic Integrity is honest and responsible scholarship. As a student, you are expected to submit original work and give credit to other peoples' ideas and avoid plagiarism

How does UiTM define dishonesty?

Plagiarism - intentionally using another person's work and submitting it as your own
Falsification - falsifying an exam, paper, project or application using dishonest means
Failure to comply - failing to comply with the policies student's program or department
Cheating - the acquisition of grades, academic credits, degrees, by means of cheating
Substitution - substituting for another student to substitute for oneself during an exam, work
Unauthorized collaboration - using materials or collaborating with another person during a test or other assignment without authorization

What is Plagiarism?
An act of using or closely imitating the language & thoughts of another author without authorization & the representation of that authors work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author

The following considered plagiarism

Turning in someone else's work as your own
Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
Failing ti put quotation in quotation marks
Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
Copying so many words or ideas from a source that i makes up the majority of your work

Citation Style
What is APA?
American Psychological Association
APA Style is a writing style and format for academic documents such as scholarly journal articles and books.

Example:

Pettingill, O. S., Jr. (1980). Falcon and Falconry. World book encyclopedia. (pp. 150-155). Chicago: World Book.
Tobias, R. (1991). Thurber, James. Encyclopedia americana. (p. 600). New York: Scholastic Library Publishing
Dove, R. (1998). Lady freedom among us. The Electronic Text Center. Retrieved June 19, 1998, from Alderman Library, University of Virginia website: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/afam.html
Hilts, P. J. (1999, February 16). In forecasting their emotions, most people flunk out. New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2000, from http://www.nytimes.com
Searles, B., & Last, M. (1979). A reader's guide to science fiction. New York: Facts on File, Inc

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-fair/writing-a-bibliography-apa-format

Performance

What is GPA?
GPA is "grade point average," which is calculated by adding all the numbered grades you've received and dividing them by the number of credits you've taken.

What is CGPA?
CGPA is "Cumulative Grade Points Average". CGPA is the measurement of average grade points obtained by a student in all the semesters

Grade Point Average and Cumulative Grade Point Average Formula