What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s words or ideas as your own.
The following are ALL examples of plagiarism:
plagiarism, so be careful! (Examples of unauthorized collaboration include students who “work together” on an
assignment and exchange answers, or parents who rewrite the poorly written sentences in their child’s essay.)
Plagiarism, as well as cheating, will not be tolerated. Please remember that the purpose of education is the development of knowledge, skills, and habits, not the accumulation of points.
Expectations for student work are as follows:
1. Your work must be your own.
2. Using the thoughts, ideas, or work of others is permitted only where it is attributed and clearly marked as not your own.
3. You must be honest and ethical in all behavior related to assessment.
© 2002 by Education World grants educators permission to reproduce this page for classroom use.
The Cornell High School Student Handbook outlines the policy and consequences for cheating and plagiarism.
Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s words or ideas as your own.
The following are ALL examples of plagiarism:
- Quoting or paraphrasing material without citing the sources of that material. Sources can include Web sites, magazines, newspapers, textbooks, journals, TV and radio programs, movies and videos, photographs and drawings, charts and graphs; any information or ideas that are not your own.
- Quoting a source without using quotation marks—even if you do cite it.
- Buying a paper online or downloading a paper from a free site.
- Copying or using work done by another student.
- Citing sources you didn’t use.
- Turning in the same paper for more than one class without the permission of both teachers.
plagiarism, so be careful! (Examples of unauthorized collaboration include students who “work together” on an
assignment and exchange answers, or parents who rewrite the poorly written sentences in their child’s essay.)
Plagiarism, as well as cheating, will not be tolerated. Please remember that the purpose of education is the development of knowledge, skills, and habits, not the accumulation of points.
Expectations for student work are as follows:
1. Your work must be your own.
2. Using the thoughts, ideas, or work of others is permitted only where it is attributed and clearly marked as not your own.
3. You must be honest and ethical in all behavior related to assessment.
© 2002 by Education World grants educators permission to reproduce this page for classroom use.
The Cornell High School Student Handbook outlines the policy and consequences for cheating and plagiarism.
