HMEMS80 2021

ASSIGNMENT 01
DUE DATE: 14 May 2021
Unique No: 853279

INSTRUCTIONS
Note that there are two documents for this Assignment.
1) This INSTRUCTION document that provides the tasks and the information that
you need to correctly complete the assignment.
2) A TEMPLATE FILE (that you must RENAME to indicate your own details) and on
which you will complete your answers. This is the ONLY file that you will submit
online for this assignment in PDF format.

Before you continue, first create a copy of the TEMPLATE file for Assignment 01 and
RENAME it to clearly indicate your student details as indicated in the instructions below.
Please double-check that all the details in the filename are correct before submitting it –
it will create immense administrative problems if your details are not correct.

OPEN THE TEMPLATE FILE FOR ASSIGNMENT 01 FOR SEMESTER 1 AND SAVE IT IN
A SAFE PLACE WITH YOUR STUDENT NUMBER AND SURNAME IN THE FILE NAME
AS FOLLOWS:

987654321_BOND_J_HMEMS80_ASS01S1

Student James Bond, student number 987654321 will save his file with the name as
indicated above.

This assignment is a written one and consists of two parts.

Section A (page 2 below) is 10 multiple-choice questions for 10 marks. Note that you
must use the table included in the template document to provide your answers – since
the ENTIRE ASSIGNMENT must be contained in a single pdf document for onscreen
marking purposes. Section B is the literature review (see page 4 below) for 50 marks.

Open Rubric
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 10 marks

We provide the multiple-choice questions here, so that you can prepare your answers. You
will indicate your answers to these multiple-choice questions in the table provided for
them IN THE TEMPLATE FILE WITH YOUR OWN DETAILS THAT YOU CREATED!

IN ORDER TO ANSWER THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, WORK THROUGH THE

FOLLOWING MATERIAL FIRST:

• Week 2 Resource 8 – The research proposal template

• Weekly Content material – Week 4, especially section 4.3 titled: ‘Referencing’
• Week 4 Resource 3 – APA 7th EDITION GUIDELINES
• Week 0 Resource 4 – Unisa’s Policy of copyright and plagiarism

Answer the following questions:

Question 1: For the portfolio of evidence (POE) which you will be submitting later in the
year:
a) You will be required to provide information from your weekly assessments.
b) You will get backups of your weekly assessments on myUnisa.
c) Lecturers will have copies of your weekly assessments.
d) You will not be required to provide information from your weekly assessments.

Question 2: Plagiarism can be overlooked if a student is still inexperienced as a

researcher, as it is part of the academic learning process.
a) True.
b) False.

Question 3: Students should only use the course contact email address to contact
lecturers regarding queries.
a) True.
b) False.

Question 4: In a literature review, it is not required that you acknowledge your sources in
cases where you have combined sections of other people’s work, including those taken from
the internet with your own words and phrases.
a) True.
b) False.

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Question 5: Which one of the following is correct in terms of the APA (7th edition)
guidelines:
a) Martins. N. (2009). Applying the Burke-Litwin model to diagnose organisations.
Journal of Management, 7(5), 17-28.
b) Martins, N. (2009). Applying the Burke-Litwin model to diagnose Organisations.
Journal of Management. 7(5), 17-28.
c) Martins, N. (2009). Applying the Burke-Litwin model to diagnose organisations.
Journal of Management, 7(5), 17-28.
d) Martins, N (2009). Applying the Burke-Litwin model to diagnose organisations.
Journal of Management, 7(5). 17-28.

Question 6: For which of the following do you not need to provide a reference if you use it
in your writing?
a) Someone else’s theories, or opinions.
b) Someone else’s research, data, organization of material or ideas.
c) Personal communication with others.
d) None of the above - a reference needs to be provided for all the above.

Use the following information to answer questions 7 to 8

The HMEMS80 lecturers are interested to know if there is a significant difference in the
level of performance for students who use the student support services (e.g. online
discussion forum; telephones; module mailbox; etc.) and those who do not.

Question 7: The main research question for their study would be:
a) Is there a difference in the use of student support services between students
from different groups?
b) Is there a difference between the level of performance of students who use
student support services and those who do not?
c) Is there a difference in the use of online discussion forum services by students and
their level of performance?
d) Is there a difference in performance between students who use telephones and
module mailbox student support services?

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Question 8: The variables for the main research question of the study are:
a) Independent variable = student support services; dependent variable = performance
b) Independent variable = performance; dependent variable = student support services
c) Independent variable = online discussion forum; dependent variable = performance
d) Independent variable = performance; dependent variable = telephones

Question 9: Based on the APA style (7th ed.) in-text referencing guidelines, which one of
the following is correct?
a) (Phiki & Solomon) (2019) argued that ….
b) Phiki and Solomon (2019) argued that ….
c) Phiki, & Solomon (2019) argued that ….
d) Phiki, and Solomon (2019) argued that ….

Question 10: The year mark is important; however, it is not enough. You still need to
obtain an examination (POE) mark of at least 40% as a subminimum to pass. Is this
statement true or false?
a) True.
b) False.

SECTION B: LITERATURE REVIEW 50 marks

Prepare a proper scientifically written literature review for a research

proposal of between 9 and 12 pages that summarises and integrates relevant
information on the topic:

Student plagiarism in higher education

• Use 12-point font (Arial or Times New Roman) and include a table of contents and
reference list – these are included in the number of pages required.

If you break down the task into smaller parts, you will notice that you must:
1. consult relevant references,
2. summarise and integrate what you learn from these references in a proper
scientifically written document, and
3. reference the sources that you used appropriately according to the APA 7th
edition guidelines

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PART 1:
For the first part of the task (consulting relevant references), we provide several
references that you can use and include in your literature review.

Use at least 5 of the given references and do a further search to find 2 or 3

additional scientific, relevant and recent sources to add to your literature review and
reference list.

It is recommended that the 2 or 3 additional articles are used to conceptualise and

contextualise your literature review within an open-distance learning institution

Finchilescu, G., & Cooper, A. (2018). Perceptions of academic dishonesty in a South African
university: A Q-Methodology approach. Ethics & Behavior, 28(4), 284–301.
doi:10.1080/10508422.2017.1279972

Ison, D.C. (2018). An empirical analysis of differences in plagiarism among world cultures.
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 40(4), 291-304.
doi:10.1080/1360080X.2018.1479949

Levine, J. & Pazdernik, V. (2018). Evaluation of a four-prong antiplagiarism program and the
incidence of plagiarism: a five-year retrospective study. Assessment & Evaluation in
Higher Education, 43(7), 1094-1105. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2018.1434127

Louw, H. (2017). Defining plagiarism: Student and staff perceptions of a grey concept.
South African Journal of Higher Education, 31(5), 116-135.
http://dx.doi.org/10.28535/31-5-580

Moxley, K., & Archer, A. (2019). Writing centres as dialogic spaces: Negotiating conflicting
discourses around citation and plagiarism. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus (SPiL
Plus), 57, 25-37. doi:10.5842.57.0.808

Sibomana, E., Ndayambaje, I., & Uwambayinema, E. (2018). Plagiarism in higher education
environment: causes and solutions. Rwandan Journal of Education, 4(2), 15-23.

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PART 2:
For part 2 of the task, you need to write a literature review. We know that some students
find this to be a daunting and difficult task. Firstly, writing for many people does not come
naturally. We have many styles of writing – a note to a partner, a love letter to a romantic
partner, a memo to a boss, an email to a friend, a report to colleagues, and then there is
academic/scientific writing – in a class all of its own!

To assist you with this written part for the assignment, we are presenting additional
material on scientific writing in an additional resource uploaded in the folder for
Assignment 01 on your HMEMS80 myUnisa website. The additional material ranges from
some fun exercises to guiding steps and helpful hints and we hope that by exploring the
different facets and problems typically associated with writing, that this will help you to
produce quality academic writing as an output for this assignment!

Also, review the checklist for writing included at the end of the additional resource
to finalise and evaluate your own writing before you submit it.

Adapted from the Week 2 Resource 8 document – the format of the literature review
should include at least the following aspects/headings:

Front page and table of contents

1. INTRODUCTION – provides an overview of the context and background to the

topic. An introduction should furthermore provide an overview of what the rest of
the document entails namely to “set the scene” for what is to come.

2. STUDY VARIABLE. Clearly identify the variable/s. There is only one variable in the
present study. This variable should be shortly defined under this heading with
appropriate references before being discussed in detail under PREVIOUS
RESEARCH.

3. PREVIOUS RESEARCH – this includes a variety of research related to the

variable/s; it includes exposing different viewpoints, that is, which views
concerning the variable/s did you find corresponding and which ones did you find to
be contradictory? And what does the literature say about the relationship
between the variable and other variables?

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4. PROBLEM STATEMENT

4.1 Flowing from the discussions in the literature review identify the research
problem – formulate the research question.
4.2 Highlight how the existing body of knowledge (as presented in the literature
review) links to the identified research problem (research question).
4.3 The need/value/motivation for the research.

REFERENCE LIST
Use the APA 7th edition guidelines (under Additional Resources >> Week 4 >> Week 4
Resource 3) to correctly list all the sources used in-text.

PART 3:
Part 3 of the task requires of you to reference the sources that you use appropriately
according to the requirements of the APA 7 style of referencing. Review section 4.3 titled
‘Referencing’ in the Weekly Content Week 4 and Week 4 Resource 3 APA 7th EDITION
GUIDELINES again if you need more guidelines on referencing.

Review the ASSESSOR SHEET uploaded in the folder for assignment 01 on your
HMEMS80 myUnisa site. This outlines what are expected of you when completing this
assignment and will be used to assess your work.

BEST OF LUCK!

The HMEMS80 team

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