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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Benedict,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yeah, it's academic dishonesty -- and it's covered
by the student conduct codes. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here's the official UCR definition on
"fabrication," which is listed as one of the student conduct sins:</FONT></DIV>
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<P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000>FABRICATION. </FONT></B></FONT><FONT
face=Helvetica size=2><FONT color=#ff0000>Examples
include:</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Symbol size=2>
<P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000>· </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica
size=2><FONT color=#ff0000>falsifying the results of any laboratory or
experimental work or fabricating any data or information</FONT></P></FONT><FONT
face=Symbol size=2>
<P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000>· </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica
size=2><FONT color=#ff0000>crediting source material that was not used for
research</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Symbol size=2>
<P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000>· </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica
size=2><FONT color=#ff0000>falsifying, altering, or misstating the contents of
documents or other materials related to academic matters, including but not
limited to, schedules, prerequisites, transcripts, attendance records, or
University forms</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Symbol size=2>
<P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000>· </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica
size=2><FONT color=#ff0000>giving false reasons (in advance or after the fact)
for failure to complete academic work</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Symbol size=2>
<P align=left><FONT color=#ff0000>· </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Helvetica
size=2><FONT color=#ff0000>giving false information or testimony in connection
with any investigation or hearing under this policy</FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Source: <A
href="http://senate.ucr.edu/agenda/041116/CEP_STUDENT_INTEGRITY_DEFINITIONS.pdf">http://senate.ucr.edu/agenda/041116/CEP_STUDENT_INTEGRITY_DEFINITIONS.pdf</A> --
and please excuse me for not using MLA citation format here. I'm in a hurry and
assuming a forgiving audience.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've had this sort of thing before, too. In fact,
it happens a lot more than we think. If you haul off all of your papers to the
library and start checking sources -- a time-consuming but eye-opening process
-- you discover that something like a third of your students are citing one
source but getting all of their information from another. Frequently, they've
never even seen the book or article they're citing. Sad, but true. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My favorite example of this is from a student of
mine a year or two ago who wrote a concept essay about chaos theory. He cited a
book titled <EM>The Butterfly Effect </EM>by, if I recall correctly, Susan
Hawthorne. When I tried to look up the book, I found out that not only had it
been in binding for a month, but that it is not a science book at all. It is a
book of lesbian poetry. The student grabbed all of his information from a
science blog, looked up "butterfly effect" in SCOTTY, found Hawthorne's book,
and just plugged in her text as the reference for his Web-sourced information.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At any rate, you're not alone on that sort of
thing. Have fun!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Gray</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=englecturers@lists.ucr.edu
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 05, 2007 10:08
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Englecturers] Academic
dishonesty question--is this considered "fabrication"?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi, everyone. I've assigned a light research paper to
my<BR>English 1A students. All but one source on this paper must be<BR>from
UCR libraries or UCR library databases. To ensure that<BR>they were getting a
head start on the research, I asked my<BR>students to write up an annotated
bibliography. They only need<BR>to annotate three secondary sources, but those
sources must<BR>come from UCR libraries or official UCR library databases.
Yes, I <BR>know, I'm mean.)<BR><BR>One of my students has listed approved
sources that clearly<BR>came from UCR databases, but the annotations have
nothing to<BR>do with the sources. The student is actually
annotating<BR>articles from regular Websites like musicbabylon.com
and<BR>msnbc.com. Is this considered fabrication? If not, what kind<BR>of
academic dishonesty is it? I've never seen this particular <BR>brand before,
so I've been caught a little off guard.<BR><BR>Thanks for any
feedback,<BR>Benedict
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