Citation and Academic Honesty

TUT 100 - Virtue in Animal and Machine - Professor Weinman



Summary:
You will practice various strategies for using and referring to the text and ideas of others
Purpose:
 
Expected Time:
4-6 hours
Due:
10 pm, Wednesday 18 September
Turn In:
Type your answers to all parts below that ask you to do a task other than read.
Revisions Due:
8 am, Thursday 26 September

Background

Overview

The last page of the college Academic Honesty booklet is a form testifying that you understand "the importance of citing properly, reporting findings accurately, and collaborating ethically as well as "the potential consequences if I [that is, you] fail to live up to these expectations." It also certifies you've completed these very exercises satisfactorily.
We will use the following process to ensure your efforts are indeed satisfactory. After you complete the exercises below, we will "workshop" them in small groups during class, giving you an opportunity to double-check mechanics with your peers as well as receive general feedback on your writing. You will submit one copy to me and I will largely do the same.
Upon reviewing your submission, I will mark critical (unsatisfactory) changes you need to make and return them to you for a mandatory revision, which will be due in the subsequent class session. After your changes are deemed satisfactory, we will both sign the booklet's form, which will go to the Registrar's office for your permanent file and I will keep a copy of your exercises for my own records.

Exercises

Paraphrasing

  1. Review "Paraphrasing" on page 21 of your Academic Honesty booklet.
  2. Identify one example where the authors use paraphrasing in Wild Justice. What makes this a good example?
  3. Re-read the first section of Wallach and Allen's Chapter 2 entitled "An Engineering Imperative?" (pp. 25-33).
  4. Construct an entry for the book Moral Machines in APA format as for a list of works cited.
  5. Assume you are writing a paper in which you want to use Wallach and Allen's passage to build upon the importance of value-sensitive technology. Write one paragraph (up to five sentences) that parapharases Wallach and Allen's argument and cite your source appropriately in the text.

Using Block Quotation

  1. Review "Block quotes" on page 22 of your Academic Honesty booklet.
  2. Identify one example where Wallach and Allen use block quotation. How have the authors integrated it into their own words and context?
  3. Skim Chapter 2 of Bekoff and Pierce to remind yourself of its contents.
  4. Construct an entry for the book Wild Justice in APA format as for a list of works cited.
  5. Write a paragraph, perhaps comparing or contrasting the ideas of the authors from our two texts, in which you use a long quote from Bekoff and Pierce in a block quotation style, using proper in-text citation practices.

Using Snippets

  1. Review "Snippets" on page 22 of your Academic Honesty booklet.
  2. Identify one example from either text that uses a snippet. Why do you think the authors have used the snippet you identified?
  3. Write a short paragraph, perhaps showing how the two sets of authors might be in dialogue, that includes at least one "snippet" from each text, using proper APA-style citations.

Using an Idea from Another Source

  1. Review "Drawing on an idea or argument" on page 22 of your Academic Honesty booklet.
  2. Identify one example from either text that cites an idea from another source. That is, it must not be a paraphrase (and surely not a block quote or snippet). Why do you think it was important for the authors to cite the idea in the example you identified?
  3. Write a short paragraph in which you develop an idea that is connected to, but not directly derived from one of the two texts. Use APA style in-text citations to give credit for the original idea, but the paragraph must make clear that the new idea is yours and differs from what the original authors say. Use the APA style of citation to produce appropriate in-text citations.

Acknowledgment

Adapted from "Section II: Exercise" of ACADEMIC HONESTY: Scholarly Integrity, Collaboration, and the Ethical Use of Sources, Grinnell College (2010).
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