TOPIC 7: ACADEMIC INTEGRITY & PERFORMANCE

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CONTENTS:

• Plagiarism
• Types of Plagiarism
• How to prevent plagiarism
• Calculating CGPA

PLAGIARISM

    

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         Plagiarism is an act of presenting someone's else ideas as your own, whether it is with or without consent, by putting it in your own work without full acknowledgement.

Types of Plagiarism

The following are considered plagiarism:

• turning in someone else's work as your own.
• copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit.
• giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
• changing words but copying the sentence structure without giving proper credit.
• copying so many word or ideas from a source that its make up majority of your work, whether you give credit or not.
• failing to put quotation in quotation marks.

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How To Prevent Plagiarism

There are two ways to avoid plagiarism in your work.

Planning

-Consult your lecturer.

-Plan your paper.

-Take effective notes.

Writing

-Cite sources

-Make it clear who said that.

-Know how to paraphrase.

-Evaluate your sources.

-Include a reference page.

Calculating CPGA

CPGA represents a student's academic achievement.

CPGA

CPGA refers to the overall GPA, which is the calculated average of grade student have managed to earn in each semester. The CPGA begins from 0.00 to 4.00 as shown from above.

How to calculate CGPA:

Failure & Dismissal

Activity 11: Calculating CGPA

Calculate the GPA for Amelia Ameer for her semester: