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1. True/False. Plagiarizing includes giving credit to a source in one part of your essay (such as in your introduction) but not in another part of your essay.  True False

2. Consider this quotation from "More Than 'Just a Game': the implications for schools of children's computer games communities" by Ben Williamson and Keri Facer:
"From policy, industry and educational research perspectives, then, much of the newfound interest and acceptance of computer games is focused primarily on exploiting the potential of games' interfaces in schools. The potential benefits of these interfaces to formal education are manifold."

Would the following excerpt from a student essay be plagiarism?
A lot of school interest in computer games concerns taking advantage of games' interfaces. According to Williamson and Facer (2004), the potential benefits of these interaces to formal education are manifold.


3. Consider the following ABSTRACT for the Williamson and Facer article, as found in Academic Search Premier:
At the present time there is significant interest in the application of computer games technology within educational settings. Much of this attention, however, is focused on the games' interfaces. Drawing on recent research into children's use of information and communications technology outside school, and on complementary research within media, cultural and youth studies, this paper argues that formal education settings might also benefit from understanding the social practices that develop as children play computer games outside school. In particular, the paper identifies the importance of experts, talk, text-based and digital artefacts, and wider cultural and media contexts, in supporting children's learning about computer games. It concludes by proposing ways in which these elements might form a model for learning activities in school settings.

What piece of information is missing here for you to write a SUMMARY of this article?
The article's THESIS
The article's STRUCTURE
2 or 3 SPECIFIC POINTS made in the body of the article
There is no information missing

4. In deciding whether to quote from an article directly, you should consider:
How important the article is to your essay.
Under what part(s) the article would be most appropriate or applicable
Whether what is stated is so perfect that it has to be quoted, not just paraphrased
All of the above

5. True / False. Generally speaking, if you quote from a source and the quotation runs over 4 full-length typewritten lines, you should block quote it.  True False

6. Consider the following quotation from the book American Education: A History by Wayne Urban and Jennings Wagoner, Jr. (1996):
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

This quotation would NOT need to be cited in your essay.
You do NOT need to cite it. You would need to cite it.

7. True / False. A paraphrase does not need quotation marks, but does need parethetical notation.  True False

8. Consider the following passage from "Teaching computer game design and construction" by Scott Schaeffer & Joe Warren.
"To build a visually appealing game, good graphic design is critical. For most commercial games, the manpower devoted to art greatly exceeds the total programming effort. Given that the class is typically composed of computer science students, not art students; achieving good graphic design is usually more difficult than programming the game itself."

Now, consider this paraphrase:
Good graphic design is important to building visually appealing games. For many commercial games, the manpower devoted to art greatly exceeds the total programming effort. If a class is made up of computer science majors, good graphic design is sometimes just as hard as programming itself.

What problems exist with this paraphrase?
There is no parenthetical notation
The 2nd line is directly quoted with no attribution
The last line incorrectly paraphrases the passage's original meaning
All of the above

9. Consider the following record from Academic Search Premier:
Investigating Factors Affecting the Adoption of Anti-Spyware Systems. By: Lee, Younghwa; Kozar, Kenneth A.. Communications of the ACM, Aug2005, Vol. 48 Issue 8, p72-77, 6p; (AN 17830539)

According to APA documentation style, what is wrong with the following citation:
Lee, Y. & Kozar, K (Aug. 2005). Communications of the ACM. Investigating factors affecting the adoption of anti-spyware systems 48:8, 72-77.

Authors' first names should be written out in full
The date should come after the name of the journal
The journal and article titles are reversed
The name of the article should be underlined
There are no mistakes

10. According to APA documentation style, what is wrong with the following citation:
Jonessen, David H. Modeling with Technology: Mindtools for Conceptual Change. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006. LB1028.5.J612.2006.
The author's first name should be just the 1st letter.
Only the title's first proper noun should be capitalized.
The publication date should come after the author's name and before the book title.
The call number is not necessary
Only "A" and "B" are correct
"A" "B" "C" and "D" are all correct

EXERCISES


1. Consider the following student's research topic: What computer users do and do not know about spyware and computer viruses.

Go to Academic Search Premier and conduct the following search:

COMPUTER USERS / subject term AND SECURITY / default fields
Scholarly / Peer Reviewed Journals
Document Type: ARTICLE
Number of Pages: GREATER THAN 3
  1. Choose any ONE article and record its BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
  2. Put this information in APA format
  3. Write a SUMMARY of the article in 4 to 5 sentences, INCLUDING at least THREE (3) specific points made in the article's body
  4. Copy one DIRECT QUOTE. Explain why you believe this quotation is so important that it should be directly quoted in the research paper for this topic.
  5. PARAPHRASE one section of the article in 3 to 4 sentences. Explain why the paraphrase would be more effective than a direct quotation given this student's topic.


2. Conduct a search based on the same topic stated in the previous question in any online BOOK catalog. Do steps A - E from above.



      
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