Wri$ng	
  to	
  Make	
  A	
  Difference…	
  
While	
  Staying	
  Out	
  of	
  Trouble	
  
1	
  
Prof. Kim Nicholas
Earth Systems Science, LUMES, Lund University
26 August 2016
Rearview	
  Mirror:	
  	
  
Thoughts	
  from	
  Yesterday	
  
•  Self-­‐awareness:	
  clarify	
  your	
  own	
  rules	
  at	
  the	
  
start,	
  consider	
  you	
  might	
  be	
  wrong	
  
•  Eye	
  contact,	
  body	
  language	
  
•  Ask	
  ques$ons,	
  listen	
  carefully	
  	
  
•  Flexible,	
  adaptable,	
  humor,	
  fair	
  
•  Give	
  space	
  for	
  others	
  to	
  express	
  their	
  views	
  
2	
  
Outline	
  for	
  today	
  
1.  Why	
  write?	
  	
  
2.  Making	
  academic	
  arguments	
  
3.  Plagiarism	
  and	
  how	
  to	
  avoid	
  it	
  
3	
  
Outline	
  for	
  today	
  
1.  Why	
  write?	
  	
  
2.  Making	
  academic	
  arguments	
  
3.  Plagiarism	
  and	
  how	
  to	
  avoid	
  it	
  
4	
  
Why	
  do	
  we	
  write?	
  
5	
  
Blogs.abc.net.au	
  
6	
  
Blogs.abc.net.au	
  
?	
  
7	
  
Making	
  the	
  thinking	
  of	
  wri/ng	
  visible…
8	
  
Process	
  of	
  wri$ng	
  “Peer	
  Wri$ng	
  Tutors	
  Help	
  
Interna$onal,	
  Interdisciplinary	
  Students	
  to	
  
Stake	
  their	
  Claim”	
  (Nicholas,	
  Brady,	
  and	
  
Rylander,	
  2015)	
  	
  	
  
9	
  
Maybe	
  we	
  should	
  call	
  it	
  academic	
  revising…	
  
Kim’s	
  masters	
  thesis	
  revisions	
  
Photo:	
  Flickr	
  user	
  Amanky	
  	
  
10	
  
…	
  and	
  revising,	
  and	
  revising…	
  	
  
Photo:	
  Flickr	
  user	
  natalij	
  
Outline	
  for	
  today	
  
1.  Why	
  write?	
  	
  
2.  Making	
  academic	
  arguments	
  
3.  Plagiarism	
  and	
  how	
  to	
  avoid	
  it	
  
11	
  
12	
  
Here’s	
  a	
  claim:	
  Herb	
  spirals	
  are	
  nice	
  to	
  build!	
  	
  
Greenhouse	
  Educa$onal	
  Ecosystem,	
  Lund.	
  Photo:	
  KAN	
  
Here’s	
  lots	
  of	
  evidence	
  for	
  building	
  a	
  herb	
  spiral!	
  	
  
13	
  
Photo:	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  	
  
But	
  WHY	
  should	
  we	
  build	
  the	
  spiral	
  
like	
  that?	
  	
  
14	
  
Reasons	
  let	
  you	
  understand	
  the	
  logic	
  
and	
  transfer	
  it	
  to	
  new	
  situa$ons	
  
15	
  
Image:	
  hgp://www.zagorska.com/zagorska-­‐oasis-­‐blog/build-­‐your-­‐own-­‐herb-­‐spiral/	
  
Reasons	
  let	
  you	
  understand	
  the	
  logic	
  
and	
  transfer	
  it	
  to	
  new	
  situa$ons	
  
16	
  
Image:	
  hgp://www.zagorska.com/zagorska-­‐oasis-­‐blog/build-­‐your-­‐own-­‐herb-­‐spiral/	
  
Be	
  sure	
  you	
  	
  
understand	
  	
  
context!	
  	
  
What	
  does	
  academic	
  wri$ng	
  do?	
  
Rylander,	
  2014,	
  p.	
  3	
  
•  Make	
  an	
  argument!	
  	
  
17	
  
What	
  does	
  academic	
  wri$ng	
  do?	
  
Rylander,	
  2014,	
  p.	
  3	
  
•  Make	
  an	
  argument!	
  	
  
WikiHow,	
  “How	
  to	
  win	
  a	
  fist	
  fight.”	
  	
  
18	
  
What	
  does	
  academic	
  wri$ng	
  do?	
  
Rylander,	
  2014,	
  p.	
  3	
  
•  Make	
  an	
  argument!	
  	
  
WikiHow,	
  “How	
  to	
  win	
  a	
  fist	
  fight.”	
  	
  
19	
  
What’s	
  an	
  academic	
  argument	
  
an argument
appropriately  engaging  with  sources  involves  constructing  your  own  argument.  “Argument”  in  
ay life often means conflict, but in the academic world it more often means a well-supported
at is convincingly presented in writing or a presentation. Almost every type of text written at a
ity has some type of argument, an idea or claim that you want to convince your readers is
Craft of Research, Booth et. al. (2008) define five elements of an argument: claims, reasons,
ce, counterargument, and warrants. In this introduction,  we’ll focus on the first three, which
olutely essential elements of an argument, with brief explanations of the last two. Here’s  how  
et. al. (2008) formulate the relationship between claims, reasons, and evidence.
in claim of a paper is the sentence or short section of the text that articulates an assertion
uld be true or false (i.e., not a fact). That is, someone could disagree with you and write the
te paper. If  you’re  working  with  a  problem  or  a  question  in  your  text,  then  your  main  claim  will  
solution or the answer. In order to convince the reader that your solution or answer is the
ne,  you’ll  have  to  present  various  reasons  that  your  claim  is  true (these reasons are also known
CLAIM
http://
awelu.
srv.lu.s
e/acad
emic-
REASON(S) EVIDENCEbecause of based on
Rylander,	
  2014,	
  p.	
  3	
  
•  “A	
  well-­‐supported	
  idea	
  that	
  is	
  
convincingly	
  presented	
  in	
  wri/ng	
  or	
  in	
  
a	
  presenta/on.”	
  	
  
20	
  
What’s	
  a	
  claim?	
  
Photo:	
  Douglas	
  Newton,	
  Ohio	
  State	
  U	
  
•  A	
  statement	
  that	
  could	
  be	
  true	
  or	
  
false	
  (it’s	
  possible	
  to	
  disagree)	
  
•  The	
  solu$on	
  to	
  a	
  problem	
  
•  The	
  answer	
  to	
  a	
  ques$on	
  
•  Contributes	
  to	
  and	
  advances	
  a	
  
conversa$on	
  (“I	
  Say”	
  in	
  response	
  
to	
  “They	
  Say”)	
  
	
  
(some$mes	
  called	
  a	
  “thesis	
  
statement”)	
  
	
  Rylander,	
  2014,	
  p.	
  3	
   21	
  
An	
  excellent	
  claim	
  
“The	
  major	
  claim	
  of	
  the	
  paper	
  is	
  stated	
  clearly	
  at	
  the	
  
outset	
  of	
  the	
  paper,	
  and	
  is	
  complex,	
  insighCul,	
  
interes/ng,	
  and	
  original,	
  while	
  being	
  specific	
  enough	
  
to	
  be	
  answerable.	
  The	
  claim	
  advances	
  our	
  
understanding,	
  rather	
  than	
  repea$ng	
  what	
  others	
  
have	
  found.	
  The	
  claim	
  responds	
  to	
  a	
  real	
  and	
  
important	
  ques/on,	
  tension	
  or	
  problem.”	
  	
  
Nicholas,	
  2014,	
  PCA	
  Rubric,	
  p.	
  1	
  
22	
  
How	
  to	
  make	
  claims	
  
KIM	
  
23	
  
First Draft: Intention Final Draft
“In this essay I will discuss how
vulnerable Sweden is to the
decline in the number and
diversity of wild bumblebees, with
also including a comparison with
the rest of the EU.”
“This essay intends to argue that
bumblebees and their pollination
services are not of a great
economical importance to
Sweden.”
How	
  to	
  make	
  claims	
  
KIM	
  
24	
  
First Draft: Intention Final Draft
“In this essay I will discuss how
vulnerable Sweden is to the
decline in the number and
diversity of wild bumblebees, with
also including a comparison with
the rest of the EU.”
“This essay intends to argue that
bumblebees and their pollination
services are not of a great
economical importance to
Sweden.”
“From my previous studies we were
taught not to take a stance, we were
only allowed to discuss and analyze,
but always being objective. I
therefore find it very hard to present
a standpoint on a [specific] topic.”
Student:
How	
  to	
  make	
  claims	
  
KIM	
  
25	
  
First Draft: Intention Final Draft
“In this essay I will discuss how
vulnerable Sweden is to the
decline in the number and
diversity of wild bumblebees, with
also including a comparison with
the rest of the EU.”
“This essay intends to argue that
bumblebees and their pollination
services are not of a great
economical importance to
Sweden.”
“From my previous studies we were
taught not to take a stance, we were
only allowed to discuss and analyze,
but always being objective. I
therefore find it very hard to present
a standpoint on a [specific] topic.”
“Now to make what we are writing
significant and so that ultimately we
can produce a thesis that contributes
to scientific knowledge, rather than
summarises it, we have been asked
to write with an opinion.”
Student: Tutor:
How	
  to	
  make	
  claims	
  
KIM	
  
26	
  
First Draft: Intention Final Draft: Claim
“In this essay I will discuss how
vulnerable Sweden is to the
decline in the number and
diversity of wild bumblebees, with
also including a comparison with
the rest of the EU.”
“This essay intends to argue that
bumblebees and their pollination
services are not of a great
economical importance to
Sweden.”
“From my previous studies we were
taught not to take a stance, we were
only allowed to discuss and analyze,
but always being objective. I
therefore find it very hard to present
a standpoint on a [specific] topic.”
“Now to make what we are writing
significant and so that ultimately we
can produce a thesis that contributes
to scientific knowledge, rather than
summarises it, we have been asked
to write with an opinion.”
Student: Tutor:
Claim	
  in	
  the	
  $tle!	
  	
  
27	
  
What	
  were	
  some	
  claims	
  from	
  your	
  
PCA	
  papers?	
  
28	
  
Reasons	
  
e Craft of Research, Booth et. al. (2008) define five elements of an argument: claims, reasons,
nce, counterargument, and warrants. In this introduction,  we’ll focus on the first three, which
bsolutely essential elements of an argument, with brief explanations of the last two. Here’s  how
h et. al. (2008) formulate the relationship between claims, reasons, and evidence.
main claim of a paper is the sentence or short section of the text that articulates an assertion
could be true or false (i.e., not a fact). That is, someone could disagree with you and write the
site paper. If  you’re  working  with  a  problem  or  a  question  in  your  text,  then  your  main  claim  wi
e solution or the answer. In order to convince the reader that your solution or answer is the
one,  you’ll  have  to  present  various  reasons  that  your  claim  is  true (these reasons are also know
ub-claims”),  and  then  present  evidence  for  those  reasons. How many sub-claims you need and
much  evidence  depends  on  the  topic  and  what  you  judge  your  readers’  expectations  to  be.  
CLAIM
http://
awelu.
srv.lu.s
e/acad
emic-
integrit
y/plagi
arism/
REASON(S) EVIDENCEbecause of based on
•  Claims	
  don’t	
  exist	
  in	
  a	
  vacuum	
  
•  You	
  need	
  a	
  relevant	
  mo/va/on	
  to	
  support	
  your	
  
claim,	
  and	
  answer	
  “why	
  is	
  your	
  claim	
  right?”	
  
•  Hint:	
  “Because	
  I	
  feel	
  or	
  think	
  so”	
  is	
  not	
  a	
  good	
  
enough	
  reason	
  to	
  convince	
  others!	
  	
  
	
  
Rylander,	
  2014,	
  p.	
  3-­‐4	
   29	
  
What	
  were	
  some	
  reasons	
  from	
  your	
  
PCA	
  papers?	
  	
  
How	
  do	
  we	
  know	
  that	
  your	
  claim	
  COULD	
  be	
  
true?	
  	
  
30	
  
Evidence	
  
e Craft of Research, Booth et. al. (2008) define five elements of an argument: claims, reasons,
nce, counterargument, and warrants. In this introduction,  we’ll focus on the first three, which
bsolutely essential elements of an argument, with brief explanations of the last two. Here’s  how
h et. al. (2008) formulate the relationship between claims, reasons, and evidence.
main claim of a paper is the sentence or short section of the text that articulates an assertion
could be true or false (i.e., not a fact). That is, someone could disagree with you and write the
site paper. If  you’re  working  with  a  problem  or  a  question  in  your  text,  then  your  main  claim  wi
e solution or the answer. In order to convince the reader that your solution or answer is the
one,  you’ll  have  to  present  various  reasons  that  your  claim  is  true (these reasons are also know
ub-claims”),  and  then  present  evidence  for  those  reasons. How many sub-claims you need and
much  evidence  depends  on  the  topic  and  what  you  judge  your  readers’  expectations  to  be.  
CLAIM
http://
awelu.
srv.lu.s
e/acad
emic-
integrit
y/plagi
arism/
REASON(S) EVIDENCEbecause of based on
•  DATA!	
  (also	
  called	
  “empirical	
  material”)	
  
•  Two	
  sources	
  of	
  data:	
  	
  
•  Original	
  research	
  (your	
  own	
  observa$ons	
  and	
  
analysis)	
  
•  Secondary	
  research	
  (using	
  the	
  direct	
  
observa$ons	
  and	
  analysis	
  of	
  others)	
  
	
  
Rylander,	
  2014,	
  p.	
  3-­‐4	
   31	
  
What	
  evidence	
  did	
  you	
  use	
  to	
  support	
  
your	
  claim	
  in	
  your	
  PCA?	
  	
  
•  How	
  do	
  we	
  know	
  that	
  your	
  claim	
  IS	
  true?	
  	
  
32	
  
Using	
  Others’	
  Work	
  
•  We	
  absolutely	
  need	
  the	
  work	
  of	
  others	
  to	
  engage	
  in	
  
the	
  conversa$on	
  and	
  contribute	
  to	
  academic	
  wri$ng	
  
and	
  develop	
  independent	
  and	
  cri/cal	
  thinking	
  skills	
  
	
  
•  It	
  is	
  absolutely	
  essen$al	
  to	
  use	
  and	
  give	
  credit	
  to	
  the	
  
ideas	
  of	
  others	
  fairly	
  
	
  
•  Failing	
  to	
  do	
  so	
  is	
  plagiarism	
  
	
  
•  Fortunately,	
  approaching	
  your	
  work	
  in	
  the	
  right	
  way	
  
will	
  both	
  make	
  your	
  wri$ng	
  stronger,	
  and	
  ensure	
  you	
  
avoid	
  plagiarism.	
  	
   33	
  
Outline	
  for	
  today	
  
1.  Why	
  write?	
  	
  
2.  Making	
  academic	
  arguments	
  
3.  Plagiarism	
  and	
  how	
  to	
  avoid	
  it	
  
34	
  
What	
  is	
  
plagiarism?	
  	
  
Slide	
  from	
  Ladaea	
  Rylander,	
  LU	
  Academic	
  Support	
  Centre	
  
35	
  
2012	
  policy	
  says…	
  
“Plagiarism	
  is	
  a	
  lack	
  of	
  independence	
  in	
  the	
  
design	
  and/or	
  wording	
  of	
  academic	
  work	
  
presented	
  by	
  a	
  student	
  compared	
  to	
  the	
  
level	
  of	
  independence	
  required	
  by	
  the	
  
educa$onal	
  context.”	
  
Slide	
  from	
  Ladaea	
  Rylander,	
  LU	
  Academic	
  Support	
  Centre	
  
36	
  
2012	
  policy	
  says…	
  
“Deceilul	
  plagiarism	
  is	
  a	
  lack	
  of	
  
independence	
  combined	
  with	
  an	
  intent	
  on	
  
the	
  part	
  of	
  the	
  student	
  to	
  present	
  the	
  work	
  
of	
  others	
  as	
  his	
  or	
  her	
  own.”	
  
Slide	
  from	
  Ladaea	
  Rylander,	
  LU	
  Academic	
  Support	
  Centre	
  
37	
  
Why	
  does	
  
plagiarism	
  
maRer?	
   38	
  
39	
  
40	
  
Is this cheating/plagiarism? Yes May
be
No
1. Submitting someone else’s work as one’s own
2. Submitting an essay a friend has written with the friend’s permission to
use it as one’s own
3. Copying a text word for word and acknowledging where the text is from
without using quotation marks
4. Paraphrasing a text and acknowledging where the text is from without
using quotation marks
5. Paraphrasing a text by copying and pasting, then changing some words
and including a reference
7. Referring to sources in a book or article without having read the original
sources oneself
8. Omitting results that disagree with the results one is aiming for
10. Recycling what one has written in previous essays or papers
11. Allowing a course mate to read and (possibly) copy one’s own text
12. Not handing in an assignment on time and falsely claiming that the delay
is due to illness
13. Draw conclusions and make statements without making any references
14. Copying a chart or a diagram from a website without properly
acknowledging its source
15. Using a commonly known fact without citing a source
16. Using someone else’s ideas, rewriting them and including a reference
Adapted from Hult, Å., Hult, H. (2003) Att fuska och plagiera - ett sätt att leva eller ett sätt att
överleva? (To cheat and plagiarise – a way of life or a way of survival?) Report nr 6, p.33,
Linköping University, Centre for Learning and Teaching”. Available at:
http://www.liu.se/cul/filarkiv-cul/1.94087/CULrapportnr62003.pdf
How	
  does	
  
plagiarism	
  
happen?	
  	
   41	
  
How	
  does	
  plagiarism	
  happen?	
  	
  
•  Inten$onal	
  deceit	
  (paying	
  others,	
  using	
  en$re	
  essays	
  or	
  
sec$ons	
  of	
  other’s	
  work)	
  	
  
•  Much	
  more	
  common:	
  uninten$onal	
  	
  
–  Transcribing	
  original	
  text	
  as	
  notes	
  and	
  forgemng	
  they	
  are	
  not	
  
your	
  words	
  
–  Working	
  too	
  much	
  on	
  a	
  sentence	
  level	
  and	
  rephrasing	
  text	
  
too	
  literally	
  
–  Struggling	
  with	
  developing	
  your	
  own	
  argument,	
  and	
  using	
  an	
  
argument	
  from	
  other	
  sources	
  without	
  proper	
  agribu$on	
  	
  
–  Struggling	
  with	
  language	
  and	
  over-­‐relying	
  on	
  other’s	
  words	
  
–  Not	
  giving	
  credit	
  where	
  credit	
  is	
  due	
  with	
  proper	
  cita$ons	
  
42	
  
How	
  to	
  avoid	
  plagiarism	
  	
  
1.  Read	
  to	
  understand	
  the	
  source	
  
2.  Incorporate	
  sources	
  fairly	
  	
  
1.  Develop	
  good	
  prac$ce	
  in	
  summarizing	
  and	
  paraphrasing	
  	
  
2.  Fairly	
  agribute	
  ideas	
  to	
  their	
  source	
  
3.  Understand	
  and	
  follow	
  APA	
  cita$on	
  to	
  clearly	
  indicate	
  
origin	
  of	
  ideas	
  
43	
  
read	
  
•  iden$fy	
  claims	
  in	
  others’	
  texts	
  and	
  their	
  
strengths	
  and	
  weaknesses	
  	
  
	
  
•  evaluate	
  others’	
  argumenta$on	
  	
  
•  decipher	
  the	
  conversa$on	
  others	
  engage	
  in	
  	
  
•  assess	
  wri$ng	
  norms	
  in	
  your	
  field	
  	
  
	
  
to	
  understand	
  the	
  source	
  
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incorporate	
  	
  
sources	
  
• Summarize	
  
• Paraphrase	
  
• Quote	
  
• Reference	
  
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45	
  
incorporate	
  	
  
sources	
  
• Summarize	
  
• Paraphrase	
  
• Quote	
  
• Reference	
  
Focuses	
  on	
  main	
  
ideas	
  in	
  the	
  text	
  
as	
  a	
  whole	
  
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46	
  
Tip!	
  
Plagiarism	
  is	
  ooen	
  easily	
  detectable	
  by	
  
shios	
  in	
  language	
  quality.	
  It’s	
  beger	
  to	
  use	
  
your	
  own	
  words	
  with	
  gramma$cal	
  mistakes	
  
than	
  take	
  text	
  without	
  mistakes	
  as	
  your	
  
own.	
  Plagiarism	
  is	
  a	
  much	
  worse	
  offense	
  
than	
  poor	
  grammar.	
  	
  
	
  	
  	
  
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  from	
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47	
  
Good	
  wri$ng	
  is	
  simple	
  wri$ng.	
  	
  
	
  
Don’t	
  use	
  big	
  words	
  to	
  try	
  to	
  
sound	
  smart.	
  	
  
	
  
Use	
  simple	
  words	
  well	
  to	
  show	
  
you	
  understand	
  big	
  ideas.	
  	
  	
  
48	
  
incorporate	
  	
  
sources	
  
• Summarize	
  
• Paraphrase	
  
• Quote	
  
• Reference	
  
Rewording	
  of	
  a	
  
sentence-­‐level	
  
detail	
  in	
  a	
  source’s	
  
text	
  
Slide	
  from	
  Ladaea	
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  Centre	
  
49	
  
Tip!	
  
A	
  proper	
  paraphrase	
  uses	
  less	
  than	
  20%	
  of	
  
source’s	
  language.	
  More	
  than	
  20%	
  and	
  you	
  
approach	
  patchwri$ng	
  territory.	
  	
  
	
  	
  	
  
Slide	
  from	
  Ladaea	
  Rylander,	
  LU	
  Academic	
  Support	
  Centre	
  
50	
  
Image:	
  hgp://www.hacker9.com/why-­‐you-­‐should-­‐never-­‐copy-­‐paste-­‐your-­‐passwords.html	
  
51	
  
Image:	
  hgp://www.hacker9.com/why-­‐you-­‐should-­‐never-­‐copy-­‐paste-­‐your-­‐passwords.html	
  
Never	
  copy	
  +	
  paste	
  
52	
  
incorporate	
  	
  
sources	
  
• Summarize	
  
• Paraphrase	
  
• Quote	
  
• Reference	
  
Source’s	
  exact	
  
words	
  in	
  quota/on	
  
marks.	
  	
  
Slide	
  from	
  Ladaea	
  Rylander,	
  LU	
  Academic	
  Support	
  Centre	
  
53	
  
Tip!	
  
Summarize	
  and	
  paraphrase	
  
more	
  than	
  quote	
  directly.	
  	
  	
  
Slide	
  from	
  Ladaea	
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  Centre	
  
54	
  
incorporate	
  	
  
sources	
  
• Summarize	
  
• Paraphrase	
  
• Quote	
  
• Reference	
  
Acknowledgment	
  of	
  
source	
  use	
  both	
  in-­‐
text	
  and	
  in	
  a	
  
reference	
  list	
  
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  from	
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55	
  
Clear	
  &	
  fair	
  agribu$on	
  
Human	
  impact	
  on	
  the	
  environment	
  can	
  be	
  
represented	
  as	
  the	
  combina$on	
  of	
  the	
  effects	
  of	
  
four	
  factors:	
  popula$on,	
  affluence,	
  consump$on,	
  
and	
  technology.	
  Popula$on	
  is	
  no	
  longer	
  the	
  
dominant	
  driver	
  of	
  impact;	
  instead,	
  changes	
  in	
  
affluence	
  and	
  consump$on	
  are	
  driving	
  impacts	
  
from	
  biodiversity	
  loss	
  in	
  developing	
  countries,	
  to	
  
tremendously	
  inefficient	
  use	
  of	
  land	
  and	
  resources	
  
for	
  agriculture.	
  (Cassidy,	
  et	
  al.,	
  2013;	
  Lenzen,	
  et	
  al.,	
  
2012;	
  Waggoner	
  &	
  Ausubel,	
  2002).	
  	
  
	
  
Kim’s	
  summary	
  of	
  connec0ons	
  between	
  readings	
  in	
  class	
  
It’s	
  not	
  clear	
  which	
  author	
  made	
  which	
  claim	
  
Human	
  impact	
  on	
  the	
  environment	
  can	
  be	
  
represented	
  as	
  the	
  combina$on	
  of	
  the	
  effects	
  of	
  
four	
  factors:	
  popula$on,	
  affluence,	
  consump$on,	
  
and	
  technology.	
  Popula$on	
  is	
  no	
  longer	
  the	
  
dominant	
  driver	
  of	
  impact;	
  instead,	
  changes	
  in	
  
affluence	
  and	
  consump$on	
  are	
  driving	
  impacts	
  
from	
  biodiversity	
  loss	
  in	
  developing	
  countries,	
  to	
  
tremendously	
  inefficient	
  use	
  of	
  land	
  and	
  resources	
  
for	
  agriculture.	
  (Cassidy,	
  et	
  al.,	
  2013;	
  Lenzen,	
  et	
  al.,	
  
2012;	
  Waggoner	
  &	
  Ausubel,	
  2002).	
  	
  
	
  
Kim’s	
  summary	
  of	
  connec0ons	
  between	
  readings	
  in	
  class	
  so	
  far.	
  	
  57	
  
It’s	
  not	
  clear	
  which	
  author	
  made	
  which	
  claim	
  
Human	
  impact	
  on	
  the	
  environment	
  can	
  be	
  
represented	
  as	
  the	
  combina$on	
  of	
  the	
  effects	
  of	
  
four	
  factors:	
  popula$on,	
  affluence,	
  consump$on,	
  
and	
  technology.	
  Popula$on	
  is	
  no	
  longer	
  the	
  
dominant	
  driver	
  of	
  impact;	
  instead,	
  changes	
  in	
  
affluence	
  and	
  consump$on	
  are	
  driving	
  impacts	
  
from	
  biodiversity	
  loss	
  in	
  developing	
  countries,	
  to	
  
tremendously	
  inefficient	
  use	
  of	
  land	
  and	
  resources	
  
for	
  agriculture.	
  (Cassidy,	
  et	
  al.,	
  2013;	
  Lenzen,	
  et	
  al.,	
  
2012;	
  Waggoner	
  &	
  Ausubel,	
  2002).	
  	
  
	
  
Kim’s	
  summary	
  of	
  connec0ons	
  between	
  readings	
  in	
  class	
  so	
  far.	
  	
  58	
  
Human	
  impact	
  on	
  the	
  environment	
  can	
  be	
  
represented	
  as	
  the	
  combina$on	
  of	
  the	
  effects	
  of	
  
four	
  factors:	
  popula$on,	
  affluence,	
  consump$on,	
  
and	
  technology	
  (Waggoner	
  &	
  Ausubel,	
  2002).	
  
Popula$on	
  is	
  no	
  longer	
  the	
  dominant	
  driver	
  of	
  
impact;	
  instead,	
  changes	
  in	
  affluence	
  and	
  
consump$on	
  are	
  driving	
  impacts	
  from	
  biodiversity	
  
loss	
  in	
  developing	
  countries	
  (Lenzen,	
  et	
  al.,	
  2012),	
  
to	
  tremendously	
  inefficient	
  use	
  of	
  land	
  and	
  
resources	
  for	
  agriculture	
  (Cassidy,	
  et	
  al.,	
  2013).	
  	
  
	
  
Kim’s	
  summary	
  of	
  connec0ons	
  between	
  readings	
  in	
  class	
  so	
  far.	
  	
  
Put	
  authors	
  directly	
  next	
  to	
  their	
  claims	
  
within	
  or	
  at	
  the	
  end	
  of	
  each	
  sentence.	
  
59	
  
Human	
  impact	
  on	
  the	
  environment	
  can	
  be	
  
represented	
  as	
  the	
  combina$on	
  of	
  the	
  effects	
  of	
  
four	
  factors:	
  popula$on,	
  affluence,	
  consump$on,	
  
and	
  technology	
  (Waggoner	
  &	
  Ausubel,	
  2002).	
  
Popula$on	
  is	
  no	
  longer	
  the	
  dominant	
  driver	
  of	
  
impact;	
  instead,	
  changes	
  in	
  affluence	
  and	
  
consump$on	
  are	
  driving	
  impacts	
  from	
  biodiversity	
  
loss	
  in	
  developing	
  countries	
  (Lenzen,	
  et	
  al.,	
  2012),	
  
to	
  tremendously	
  inefficient	
  use	
  of	
  land	
  and	
  
resources	
  for	
  agriculture	
  (Cassidy,	
  et	
  al.,	
  2013).	
  	
  
	
  
Kim’s	
  summary	
  of	
  connec0ons	
  between	
  readings	
  in	
  class	
  so	
  far.	
  	
  
Put	
  authors	
  directly	
  next	
  to	
  their	
  claims	
  
within	
  or	
  at	
  the	
  end	
  of	
  each	
  sentence.	
  
60	
  
61	
  
hgp://www.kimnicholas.com/blog/academic-­‐source-­‐use-­‐checklist	
  
EndNote	
  is	
  your	
  friend	
  
62	
  
Tip!	
  
When	
  taking	
  notes,	
  don’t	
  focus	
  on	
  the	
  
text’s	
  sentence	
  level.	
  
Slide	
  modified	
  from	
  Ladaea	
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63	
  
Wri$ng	
  exercise	
  to	
  avoid	
  plagairism	
  
64	
  
The	
  original	
  passage:	
  
Students	
  frequently	
  overuse	
  direct	
  quota$on	
  in	
  
taking	
  notes,	
  and	
  as	
  a	
  result	
  they	
  overuse	
  
quota$ons	
  in	
  the	
  final	
  [research]	
  paper.	
  Probably	
  
only	
  about	
  10%	
  of	
  your	
  final	
  manuscript	
  should	
  
appear	
  as	
  directly	
  quoted	
  mager.	
  Therefore,	
  you	
  
should	
  strive	
  to	
  limit	
  the	
  amount	
  of	
  exact	
  
transcribing	
  of	
  source	
  materials	
  while	
  taking	
  notes.	
  	
  
-­‐Lester,	
  James	
  D.	
  Wri$ng	
  Research	
  Papers.	
  2nd	
  ed.	
  
(1976):	
  46-­‐47.	
  
Exercise	
  from	
  Purdue	
  Online	
  Wri$ng	
  Lab:	
  hgp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/	
  
65	
  
A	
  legi/mate	
  summary	
  (OK!)	
  
•  Students	
  should	
  take	
  just	
  a	
  few	
  notes	
  in	
  direct	
  
quota$on	
  from	
  sources	
  to	
  help	
  minimize	
  the	
  
amount	
  of	
  quoted	
  material	
  in	
  a	
  research	
  
paper	
  (Lester,	
  	
  1976,	
  p.	
  46-­‐47).	
  
	
  
66	
  
A	
  legi/mate	
  paraphrase	
  (OK!)	
  
A	
  legi/mate	
  paraphrase:	
  
•  In	
  research	
  papers	
  students	
  ooen	
  quote	
  
excessively,	
  failing	
  to	
  keep	
  quoted	
  material	
  
down	
  to	
  a	
  desirable	
  level.	
  Since	
  the	
  problem	
  
usually	
  originates	
  during	
  note	
  taking,	
  it	
  is	
  
essen$al	
  to	
  minimize	
  the	
  material	
  recorded	
  
verba$m	
  (Lester,	
  1976,	
  p.	
  46-­‐47).	
  
67	
  
This	
  is	
  Plagiarism!	
  
The	
  original	
  passage:	
  
Students	
  frequently	
  overuse	
  direct	
  quota$on	
  in	
  taking	
  notes,	
  and	
  as	
  a	
  
result	
  they	
  overuse	
  quota$ons	
  in	
  the	
  final	
  [research]	
  paper.	
  Probably	
  
only	
  about	
  10%	
  of	
  your	
  final	
  manuscript	
  should	
  appear	
  as	
  directly	
  
quoted	
  mager.	
  Therefore,	
  you	
  should	
  strive	
  to	
  limit	
  the	
  amount	
  of	
  
exact	
  transcribing	
  of	
  source	
  materials	
  while	
  taking	
  notes.	
  	
  
	
  
A	
  plagiarized	
  version:	
  
Students	
  ooen	
  use	
  too	
  many	
  direct	
  quota$ons	
  when	
  they	
  take	
  notes,	
  
resul$ng	
  in	
  too	
  many	
  of	
  them	
  in	
  the	
  final	
  research	
  paper.	
  In	
  fact,	
  
probably	
  only	
  about	
  10%	
  of	
  the	
  final	
  copy	
  should	
  consist	
  of	
  directly	
  
quoted	
  material.	
  So	
  it	
  is	
  important	
  to	
  limit	
  the	
  amount	
  of	
  source	
  
material	
  copied	
  while	
  taking	
  notes.	
  
	
  
68	
  
How	
  Urkund	
  Detects	
  Plagairism	
  
69	
  
Plagiarism	
  is	
  treated	
  as	
  a	
  serious	
  crime	
  
70	
  
hgp://blog.fieldoo.com/2014/02/want-­‐to-­‐be-­‐the-­‐next-­‐ronaldo-­‐prac$ce-­‐10000-­‐hours/	
  71	
  
Wri$ng	
  is	
  a	
  skill	
  developed	
  through	
  prac$ce	
  
Writing to make a difference- while staying out of trouble
73	
  
Resources	
  
The	
  Harvard	
  Guide	
  to	
  Source	
  Use	
  
hgp://usingsources.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do	
  	
  
Recognizing	
  and	
  Avoiding	
  Plagiarism	
  Quiz	
  
Cornell	
  University,	
  College	
  of	
  Arts	
  and	
  Sciences	
  
hgps://plagiarism.arts.cornell.edu/tutorial/
exercises/ques$ons.cfm	
  
They	
  Say/I	
  Say:	
  	
  
The	
  Moves	
  That	
  MaRer	
  in	
  Persuasive	
  Wri/ng	
  
By	
  Gerald	
  Graff	
  and	
  Cathy	
  Birkenstein	
  
AWELU	
  
hgp://
awelu.srv.lu.se/	
  
74	
  
APA	
  Guides	
  for	
  proper	
  cita$on	
  
•  In-­‐text	
  cita$ons	
  
hgp://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/01/wri$ng-­‐in-­‐
text-­‐cita$ons-­‐in-­‐apa-­‐style.html	
  
•  You	
  will	
  find	
  a	
  quick	
  overview	
  guide	
  showing	
  correct	
  
formamng	
  and	
  use	
  of	
  the	
  APA	
  style	
  here:	
  
hgp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/	
  	
  
•  Ci$ng	
  figures	
  &	
  tables	
  	
  
hgp://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/tables-­‐and-­‐figures/	
  	
  
•  You	
  may	
  also	
  watch	
  a	
  short	
  video	
  tutorial	
  explaining	
  
the	
  use	
  of	
  APA	
  cita$on	
  here:	
  
hgp://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-­‐
tutorial.aspx	
  
	
  
75	
  
From	
  Jamieson,	
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Writing to make a difference- while staying out of trouble

  • 1. Wri$ng  to  Make  A  Difference…   While  Staying  Out  of  Trouble   1   Prof. Kim Nicholas Earth Systems Science, LUMES, Lund University 26 August 2016
  • 2. Rearview  Mirror:     Thoughts  from  Yesterday   •  Self-­‐awareness:  clarify  your  own  rules  at  the   start,  consider  you  might  be  wrong   •  Eye  contact,  body  language   •  Ask  ques$ons,  listen  carefully     •  Flexible,  adaptable,  humor,  fair   •  Give  space  for  others  to  express  their  views   2  
  • 3. Outline  for  today   1.  Why  write?     2.  Making  academic  arguments   3.  Plagiarism  and  how  to  avoid  it   3  
  • 4. Outline  for  today   1.  Why  write?     2.  Making  academic  arguments   3.  Plagiarism  and  how  to  avoid  it   4  
  • 5. Why  do  we  write?   5  
  • 8. Making  the  thinking  of  wri/ng  visible… 8   Process  of  wri$ng  “Peer  Wri$ng  Tutors  Help   Interna$onal,  Interdisciplinary  Students  to   Stake  their  Claim”  (Nicholas,  Brady,  and   Rylander,  2015)      
  • 9. 9   Maybe  we  should  call  it  academic  revising…   Kim’s  masters  thesis  revisions   Photo:  Flickr  user  Amanky    
  • 10. 10   …  and  revising,  and  revising…     Photo:  Flickr  user  natalij  
  • 11. Outline  for  today   1.  Why  write?     2.  Making  academic  arguments   3.  Plagiarism  and  how  to  avoid  it   11  
  • 12. 12   Here’s  a  claim:  Herb  spirals  are  nice  to  build!     Greenhouse  Educa$onal  Ecosystem,  Lund.  Photo:  KAN  
  • 13. Here’s  lots  of  evidence  for  building  a  herb  spiral!     13   Photo:  Wikimedia  Commons    
  • 14. But  WHY  should  we  build  the  spiral   like  that?     14  
  • 15. Reasons  let  you  understand  the  logic   and  transfer  it  to  new  situa$ons   15   Image:  hgp://www.zagorska.com/zagorska-­‐oasis-­‐blog/build-­‐your-­‐own-­‐herb-­‐spiral/  
  • 16. Reasons  let  you  understand  the  logic   and  transfer  it  to  new  situa$ons   16   Image:  hgp://www.zagorska.com/zagorska-­‐oasis-­‐blog/build-­‐your-­‐own-­‐herb-­‐spiral/   Be  sure  you     understand     context!    
  • 17. What  does  academic  wri$ng  do?   Rylander,  2014,  p.  3   •  Make  an  argument!     17  
  • 18. What  does  academic  wri$ng  do?   Rylander,  2014,  p.  3   •  Make  an  argument!     WikiHow,  “How  to  win  a  fist  fight.”     18  
  • 19. What  does  academic  wri$ng  do?   Rylander,  2014,  p.  3   •  Make  an  argument!     WikiHow,  “How  to  win  a  fist  fight.”     19  
  • 20. What’s  an  academic  argument   an argument appropriately  engaging  with  sources  involves  constructing  your  own  argument.  “Argument”  in   ay life often means conflict, but in the academic world it more often means a well-supported at is convincingly presented in writing or a presentation. Almost every type of text written at a ity has some type of argument, an idea or claim that you want to convince your readers is Craft of Research, Booth et. al. (2008) define five elements of an argument: claims, reasons, ce, counterargument, and warrants. In this introduction,  we’ll focus on the first three, which olutely essential elements of an argument, with brief explanations of the last two. Here’s  how   et. al. (2008) formulate the relationship between claims, reasons, and evidence. in claim of a paper is the sentence or short section of the text that articulates an assertion uld be true or false (i.e., not a fact). That is, someone could disagree with you and write the te paper. If  you’re  working  with  a  problem  or  a  question  in  your  text,  then  your  main  claim  will   solution or the answer. In order to convince the reader that your solution or answer is the ne,  you’ll  have  to  present  various  reasons  that  your  claim  is  true (these reasons are also known CLAIM http:// awelu. srv.lu.s e/acad emic- REASON(S) EVIDENCEbecause of based on Rylander,  2014,  p.  3   •  “A  well-­‐supported  idea  that  is   convincingly  presented  in  wri/ng  or  in   a  presenta/on.”     20  
  • 21. What’s  a  claim?   Photo:  Douglas  Newton,  Ohio  State  U   •  A  statement  that  could  be  true  or   false  (it’s  possible  to  disagree)   •  The  solu$on  to  a  problem   •  The  answer  to  a  ques$on   •  Contributes  to  and  advances  a   conversa$on  (“I  Say”  in  response   to  “They  Say”)     (some$mes  called  a  “thesis   statement”)    Rylander,  2014,  p.  3   21  
  • 22. An  excellent  claim   “The  major  claim  of  the  paper  is  stated  clearly  at  the   outset  of  the  paper,  and  is  complex,  insighCul,   interes/ng,  and  original,  while  being  specific  enough   to  be  answerable.  The  claim  advances  our   understanding,  rather  than  repea$ng  what  others   have  found.  The  claim  responds  to  a  real  and   important  ques/on,  tension  or  problem.”     Nicholas,  2014,  PCA  Rubric,  p.  1   22  
  • 23. How  to  make  claims   KIM   23   First Draft: Intention Final Draft “In this essay I will discuss how vulnerable Sweden is to the decline in the number and diversity of wild bumblebees, with also including a comparison with the rest of the EU.” “This essay intends to argue that bumblebees and their pollination services are not of a great economical importance to Sweden.”
  • 24. How  to  make  claims   KIM   24   First Draft: Intention Final Draft “In this essay I will discuss how vulnerable Sweden is to the decline in the number and diversity of wild bumblebees, with also including a comparison with the rest of the EU.” “This essay intends to argue that bumblebees and their pollination services are not of a great economical importance to Sweden.” “From my previous studies we were taught not to take a stance, we were only allowed to discuss and analyze, but always being objective. I therefore find it very hard to present a standpoint on a [specific] topic.” Student:
  • 25. How  to  make  claims   KIM   25   First Draft: Intention Final Draft “In this essay I will discuss how vulnerable Sweden is to the decline in the number and diversity of wild bumblebees, with also including a comparison with the rest of the EU.” “This essay intends to argue that bumblebees and their pollination services are not of a great economical importance to Sweden.” “From my previous studies we were taught not to take a stance, we were only allowed to discuss and analyze, but always being objective. I therefore find it very hard to present a standpoint on a [specific] topic.” “Now to make what we are writing significant and so that ultimately we can produce a thesis that contributes to scientific knowledge, rather than summarises it, we have been asked to write with an opinion.” Student: Tutor:
  • 26. How  to  make  claims   KIM   26   First Draft: Intention Final Draft: Claim “In this essay I will discuss how vulnerable Sweden is to the decline in the number and diversity of wild bumblebees, with also including a comparison with the rest of the EU.” “This essay intends to argue that bumblebees and their pollination services are not of a great economical importance to Sweden.” “From my previous studies we were taught not to take a stance, we were only allowed to discuss and analyze, but always being objective. I therefore find it very hard to present a standpoint on a [specific] topic.” “Now to make what we are writing significant and so that ultimately we can produce a thesis that contributes to scientific knowledge, rather than summarises it, we have been asked to write with an opinion.” Student: Tutor:
  • 27. Claim  in  the  $tle!     27  
  • 28. What  were  some  claims  from  your   PCA  papers?   28  
  • 29. Reasons   e Craft of Research, Booth et. al. (2008) define five elements of an argument: claims, reasons, nce, counterargument, and warrants. In this introduction,  we’ll focus on the first three, which bsolutely essential elements of an argument, with brief explanations of the last two. Here’s  how h et. al. (2008) formulate the relationship between claims, reasons, and evidence. main claim of a paper is the sentence or short section of the text that articulates an assertion could be true or false (i.e., not a fact). That is, someone could disagree with you and write the site paper. If  you’re  working  with  a  problem  or  a  question  in  your  text,  then  your  main  claim  wi e solution or the answer. In order to convince the reader that your solution or answer is the one,  you’ll  have  to  present  various  reasons  that  your  claim  is  true (these reasons are also know ub-claims”),  and  then  present  evidence  for  those  reasons. How many sub-claims you need and much  evidence  depends  on  the  topic  and  what  you  judge  your  readers’  expectations  to  be.   CLAIM http:// awelu. srv.lu.s e/acad emic- integrit y/plagi arism/ REASON(S) EVIDENCEbecause of based on •  Claims  don’t  exist  in  a  vacuum   •  You  need  a  relevant  mo/va/on  to  support  your   claim,  and  answer  “why  is  your  claim  right?”   •  Hint:  “Because  I  feel  or  think  so”  is  not  a  good   enough  reason  to  convince  others!       Rylander,  2014,  p.  3-­‐4   29  
  • 30. What  were  some  reasons  from  your   PCA  papers?     How  do  we  know  that  your  claim  COULD  be   true?     30  
  • 31. Evidence   e Craft of Research, Booth et. al. (2008) define five elements of an argument: claims, reasons, nce, counterargument, and warrants. In this introduction,  we’ll focus on the first three, which bsolutely essential elements of an argument, with brief explanations of the last two. Here’s  how h et. al. (2008) formulate the relationship between claims, reasons, and evidence. main claim of a paper is the sentence or short section of the text that articulates an assertion could be true or false (i.e., not a fact). That is, someone could disagree with you and write the site paper. If  you’re  working  with  a  problem  or  a  question  in  your  text,  then  your  main  claim  wi e solution or the answer. In order to convince the reader that your solution or answer is the one,  you’ll  have  to  present  various  reasons  that  your  claim  is  true (these reasons are also know ub-claims”),  and  then  present  evidence  for  those  reasons. How many sub-claims you need and much  evidence  depends  on  the  topic  and  what  you  judge  your  readers’  expectations  to  be.   CLAIM http:// awelu. srv.lu.s e/acad emic- integrit y/plagi arism/ REASON(S) EVIDENCEbecause of based on •  DATA!  (also  called  “empirical  material”)   •  Two  sources  of  data:     •  Original  research  (your  own  observa$ons  and   analysis)   •  Secondary  research  (using  the  direct   observa$ons  and  analysis  of  others)     Rylander,  2014,  p.  3-­‐4   31  
  • 32. What  evidence  did  you  use  to  support   your  claim  in  your  PCA?     •  How  do  we  know  that  your  claim  IS  true?     32  
  • 33. Using  Others’  Work   •  We  absolutely  need  the  work  of  others  to  engage  in   the  conversa$on  and  contribute  to  academic  wri$ng   and  develop  independent  and  cri/cal  thinking  skills     •  It  is  absolutely  essen$al  to  use  and  give  credit  to  the   ideas  of  others  fairly     •  Failing  to  do  so  is  plagiarism     •  Fortunately,  approaching  your  work  in  the  right  way   will  both  make  your  wri$ng  stronger,  and  ensure  you   avoid  plagiarism.     33  
  • 34. Outline  for  today   1.  Why  write?     2.  Making  academic  arguments   3.  Plagiarism  and  how  to  avoid  it   34  
  • 35. What  is   plagiarism?     Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   35  
  • 36. 2012  policy  says…   “Plagiarism  is  a  lack  of  independence  in  the   design  and/or  wording  of  academic  work   presented  by  a  student  compared  to  the   level  of  independence  required  by  the   educa$onal  context.”   Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   36  
  • 37. 2012  policy  says…   “Deceilul  plagiarism  is  a  lack  of   independence  combined  with  an  intent  on   the  part  of  the  student  to  present  the  work   of  others  as  his  or  her  own.”   Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   37  
  • 38. Why  does   plagiarism   maRer?   38  
  • 39. 39  
  • 40. 40   Is this cheating/plagiarism? Yes May be No 1. Submitting someone else’s work as one’s own 2. Submitting an essay a friend has written with the friend’s permission to use it as one’s own 3. Copying a text word for word and acknowledging where the text is from without using quotation marks 4. Paraphrasing a text and acknowledging where the text is from without using quotation marks 5. Paraphrasing a text by copying and pasting, then changing some words and including a reference 7. Referring to sources in a book or article without having read the original sources oneself 8. Omitting results that disagree with the results one is aiming for 10. Recycling what one has written in previous essays or papers 11. Allowing a course mate to read and (possibly) copy one’s own text 12. Not handing in an assignment on time and falsely claiming that the delay is due to illness 13. Draw conclusions and make statements without making any references 14. Copying a chart or a diagram from a website without properly acknowledging its source 15. Using a commonly known fact without citing a source 16. Using someone else’s ideas, rewriting them and including a reference Adapted from Hult, Å., Hult, H. (2003) Att fuska och plagiera - ett sätt att leva eller ett sätt att överleva? (To cheat and plagiarise – a way of life or a way of survival?) Report nr 6, p.33, Linköping University, Centre for Learning and Teaching”. Available at: http://www.liu.se/cul/filarkiv-cul/1.94087/CULrapportnr62003.pdf
  • 41. How  does   plagiarism   happen?     41  
  • 42. How  does  plagiarism  happen?     •  Inten$onal  deceit  (paying  others,  using  en$re  essays  or   sec$ons  of  other’s  work)     •  Much  more  common:  uninten$onal     –  Transcribing  original  text  as  notes  and  forgemng  they  are  not   your  words   –  Working  too  much  on  a  sentence  level  and  rephrasing  text   too  literally   –  Struggling  with  developing  your  own  argument,  and  using  an   argument  from  other  sources  without  proper  agribu$on     –  Struggling  with  language  and  over-­‐relying  on  other’s  words   –  Not  giving  credit  where  credit  is  due  with  proper  cita$ons   42  
  • 43. How  to  avoid  plagiarism     1.  Read  to  understand  the  source   2.  Incorporate  sources  fairly     1.  Develop  good  prac$ce  in  summarizing  and  paraphrasing     2.  Fairly  agribute  ideas  to  their  source   3.  Understand  and  follow  APA  cita$on  to  clearly  indicate   origin  of  ideas   43  
  • 44. read   •  iden$fy  claims  in  others’  texts  and  their   strengths  and  weaknesses       •  evaluate  others’  argumenta$on     •  decipher  the  conversa$on  others  engage  in     •  assess  wri$ng  norms  in  your  field       to  understand  the  source   Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   44  
  • 45. incorporate     sources   • Summarize   • Paraphrase   • Quote   • Reference   Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   45  
  • 46. incorporate     sources   • Summarize   • Paraphrase   • Quote   • Reference   Focuses  on  main   ideas  in  the  text   as  a  whole   Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   46  
  • 47. Tip!   Plagiarism  is  ooen  easily  detectable  by   shios  in  language  quality.  It’s  beger  to  use   your  own  words  with  gramma$cal  mistakes   than  take  text  without  mistakes  as  your   own.  Plagiarism  is  a  much  worse  offense   than  poor  grammar.           Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   47  
  • 48. Good  wri$ng  is  simple  wri$ng.       Don’t  use  big  words  to  try  to   sound  smart.       Use  simple  words  well  to  show   you  understand  big  ideas.       48  
  • 49. incorporate     sources   • Summarize   • Paraphrase   • Quote   • Reference   Rewording  of  a   sentence-­‐level   detail  in  a  source’s   text   Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   49  
  • 50. Tip!   A  proper  paraphrase  uses  less  than  20%  of   source’s  language.  More  than  20%  and  you   approach  patchwri$ng  territory.           Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   50  
  • 53. incorporate     sources   • Summarize   • Paraphrase   • Quote   • Reference   Source’s  exact   words  in  quota/on   marks.     Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   53  
  • 54. Tip!   Summarize  and  paraphrase   more  than  quote  directly.       Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   54  
  • 55. incorporate     sources   • Summarize   • Paraphrase   • Quote   • Reference   Acknowledgment  of   source  use  both  in-­‐ text  and  in  a   reference  list   Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   55  
  • 56. Clear  &  fair  agribu$on   Human  impact  on  the  environment  can  be   represented  as  the  combina$on  of  the  effects  of   four  factors:  popula$on,  affluence,  consump$on,   and  technology.  Popula$on  is  no  longer  the   dominant  driver  of  impact;  instead,  changes  in   affluence  and  consump$on  are  driving  impacts   from  biodiversity  loss  in  developing  countries,  to   tremendously  inefficient  use  of  land  and  resources   for  agriculture.  (Cassidy,  et  al.,  2013;  Lenzen,  et  al.,   2012;  Waggoner  &  Ausubel,  2002).       Kim’s  summary  of  connec0ons  between  readings  in  class  
  • 57. It’s  not  clear  which  author  made  which  claim   Human  impact  on  the  environment  can  be   represented  as  the  combina$on  of  the  effects  of   four  factors:  popula$on,  affluence,  consump$on,   and  technology.  Popula$on  is  no  longer  the   dominant  driver  of  impact;  instead,  changes  in   affluence  and  consump$on  are  driving  impacts   from  biodiversity  loss  in  developing  countries,  to   tremendously  inefficient  use  of  land  and  resources   for  agriculture.  (Cassidy,  et  al.,  2013;  Lenzen,  et  al.,   2012;  Waggoner  &  Ausubel,  2002).       Kim’s  summary  of  connec0ons  between  readings  in  class  so  far.    57  
  • 58. It’s  not  clear  which  author  made  which  claim   Human  impact  on  the  environment  can  be   represented  as  the  combina$on  of  the  effects  of   four  factors:  popula$on,  affluence,  consump$on,   and  technology.  Popula$on  is  no  longer  the   dominant  driver  of  impact;  instead,  changes  in   affluence  and  consump$on  are  driving  impacts   from  biodiversity  loss  in  developing  countries,  to   tremendously  inefficient  use  of  land  and  resources   for  agriculture.  (Cassidy,  et  al.,  2013;  Lenzen,  et  al.,   2012;  Waggoner  &  Ausubel,  2002).       Kim’s  summary  of  connec0ons  between  readings  in  class  so  far.    58  
  • 59. Human  impact  on  the  environment  can  be   represented  as  the  combina$on  of  the  effects  of   four  factors:  popula$on,  affluence,  consump$on,   and  technology  (Waggoner  &  Ausubel,  2002).   Popula$on  is  no  longer  the  dominant  driver  of   impact;  instead,  changes  in  affluence  and   consump$on  are  driving  impacts  from  biodiversity   loss  in  developing  countries  (Lenzen,  et  al.,  2012),   to  tremendously  inefficient  use  of  land  and   resources  for  agriculture  (Cassidy,  et  al.,  2013).       Kim’s  summary  of  connec0ons  between  readings  in  class  so  far.     Put  authors  directly  next  to  their  claims   within  or  at  the  end  of  each  sentence.   59  
  • 60. Human  impact  on  the  environment  can  be   represented  as  the  combina$on  of  the  effects  of   four  factors:  popula$on,  affluence,  consump$on,   and  technology  (Waggoner  &  Ausubel,  2002).   Popula$on  is  no  longer  the  dominant  driver  of   impact;  instead,  changes  in  affluence  and   consump$on  are  driving  impacts  from  biodiversity   loss  in  developing  countries  (Lenzen,  et  al.,  2012),   to  tremendously  inefficient  use  of  land  and   resources  for  agriculture  (Cassidy,  et  al.,  2013).       Kim’s  summary  of  connec0ons  between  readings  in  class  so  far.     Put  authors  directly  next  to  their  claims   within  or  at  the  end  of  each  sentence.   60  
  • 62. EndNote  is  your  friend   62  
  • 63. Tip!   When  taking  notes,  don’t  focus  on  the   text’s  sentence  level.   Slide  modified  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre   63  
  • 64. Wri$ng  exercise  to  avoid  plagairism   64  
  • 65. The  original  passage:   Students  frequently  overuse  direct  quota$on  in   taking  notes,  and  as  a  result  they  overuse   quota$ons  in  the  final  [research]  paper.  Probably   only  about  10%  of  your  final  manuscript  should   appear  as  directly  quoted  mager.  Therefore,  you   should  strive  to  limit  the  amount  of  exact   transcribing  of  source  materials  while  taking  notes.     -­‐Lester,  James  D.  Wri$ng  Research  Papers.  2nd  ed.   (1976):  46-­‐47.   Exercise  from  Purdue  Online  Wri$ng  Lab:  hgp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/   65  
  • 66. A  legi/mate  summary  (OK!)   •  Students  should  take  just  a  few  notes  in  direct   quota$on  from  sources  to  help  minimize  the   amount  of  quoted  material  in  a  research   paper  (Lester,    1976,  p.  46-­‐47).     66  
  • 67. A  legi/mate  paraphrase  (OK!)   A  legi/mate  paraphrase:   •  In  research  papers  students  ooen  quote   excessively,  failing  to  keep  quoted  material   down  to  a  desirable  level.  Since  the  problem   usually  originates  during  note  taking,  it  is   essen$al  to  minimize  the  material  recorded   verba$m  (Lester,  1976,  p.  46-­‐47).   67  
  • 68. This  is  Plagiarism!   The  original  passage:   Students  frequently  overuse  direct  quota$on  in  taking  notes,  and  as  a   result  they  overuse  quota$ons  in  the  final  [research]  paper.  Probably   only  about  10%  of  your  final  manuscript  should  appear  as  directly   quoted  mager.  Therefore,  you  should  strive  to  limit  the  amount  of   exact  transcribing  of  source  materials  while  taking  notes.       A  plagiarized  version:   Students  ooen  use  too  many  direct  quota$ons  when  they  take  notes,   resul$ng  in  too  many  of  them  in  the  final  research  paper.  In  fact,   probably  only  about  10%  of  the  final  copy  should  consist  of  directly   quoted  material.  So  it  is  important  to  limit  the  amount  of  source   material  copied  while  taking  notes.     68  
  • 69. How  Urkund  Detects  Plagairism   69  
  • 70. Plagiarism  is  treated  as  a  serious  crime   70  
  • 73. 73  
  • 74. Resources   The  Harvard  Guide  to  Source  Use   hgp://usingsources.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do     Recognizing  and  Avoiding  Plagiarism  Quiz   Cornell  University,  College  of  Arts  and  Sciences   hgps://plagiarism.arts.cornell.edu/tutorial/ exercises/ques$ons.cfm   They  Say/I  Say:     The  Moves  That  MaRer  in  Persuasive  Wri/ng   By  Gerald  Graff  and  Cathy  Birkenstein   AWELU   hgp:// awelu.srv.lu.se/   74  
  • 75. APA  Guides  for  proper  cita$on   •  In-­‐text  cita$ons   hgp://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/01/wri$ng-­‐in-­‐ text-­‐cita$ons-­‐in-­‐apa-­‐style.html   •  You  will  find  a  quick  overview  guide  showing  correct   formamng  and  use  of  the  APA  style  here:   hgp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/     •  Ci$ng  figures  &  tables     hgp://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/tables-­‐and-­‐figures/     •  You  may  also  watch  a  short  video  tutorial  explaining   the  use  of  APA  cita$on  here:   hgp://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-­‐ tutorial.aspx     75  
  • 76. From  Jamieson,  S.  and  R.M.  Howard  (2013).  “Sentence-­‐Mining:  Uncovering  the  Amount  of  Reading  and  Reading   Comprehension  in  College  Writers’  Researched  Wri$ng.”  The  New  Digital  Scholar:  exploring  and  enriching  the  research  and   wri0ng  prac0ces  of  NextGen  students.  New  Jersey:  American  Society  for  Informa$on  Science  and  Technology.  P.  109-­‐131   Paraphrase   Patchwri/ng   76   Slide  from  Ladaea  Rylander,  LU  Academic  Support  Centre  
  • 77. Resources  for  Prac$ce   •  hgp://www.lub.lu.se/en/student/academic-­‐ conduct/urkund.html     •  Academic  Support  Centre  at  Lund  University   hFp://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/current-­‐students/ academic-­‐support-­‐centre     •  Academic  Wri0ng  in  English  at  Lund  University   (AWELU  for  short):  hgp://awelu.srv.lu.se/     •  Purdue  Online  Wri$ng  Lab   hgp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/sec$on/1/     77