General Information on Academic honesty and IB assessment by Ia Adam-Lim

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I. Understanding academic honesty and malpractice

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This includes understanding the meaning of:

a. academic honesty

b. malpractice

1.1.1 What is Plagiarism?

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IB defines it as "the representation of the ideas or work of another person as the candidate’s own.

III. Investigating Malpractice

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Gives us:

1. The procedure for an investigation

2. The rights of the candidate

3. Investigating improper conduct by a coordinator or teacher

4. The role of a grade award meeting

5. The role of the final award committee

6. Offences and their penalty

7. Notification of decisions made

8. Reconsideration, appeal and arbitration

1.1 Academic Honesty

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Plagiarism is the most common violation in academic honesty.

1.2 Malpractice

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Involves:

a. plagiarism

b. collusion

c. duplication of work

d. unfair advantage for a candidate

II. Maintaining Academic policy

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This involves:

1. Roles & Responsibilities

2. Expectations of schools

3. The detection of plagiarism

4. Authenticating candidate's work

2.2 Expectations of schools

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In terms of:

a. school policy

b. teacher support

2.1 Roles & Responsibilities (R&R)

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The following have R&R:

IBO, head of school, teacher, candidate, examiner

Strategies

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Internal Assessments

An abstract, introduction, content and conclusion or summary of a piece of work must be written in each candidate’s own words and cannot therefore be the same as another candidate’s

Strategies

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External Assessment

The final work of the candidate must be completed independently and individually.

Source:

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IB (International Baccalaureate). (July 2011). Academic Honesty. Accessed 31 October 2015.

http://occ.ibo.org/ibis/occ/Utils/getFile2.cfm?source=/ibis/occ/spec/malpr.cfm&filename=general%2Fspecific_interest%2Fmalpractice%2Fg_0_malpr_sup_1107_1_e%2Epdf