ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

& PERFORMANCE
WEEK 4

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 CONTENT

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

CALCULATING GRADE POINT AVERAGE

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AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

 Plagiarism: an act of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization
and the representation of that author’s work as one’s own, as by not crediting the original author.
 The following are considered plagiarism:
 turning in someone else’s work as your own
 copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
 failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
 giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
 changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
 copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not

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PREVENTING PLAGIARISM

1.
Planning
your
paper

2.
Writing
your
paper

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Planning your paper

1. Consult Your 2. Plan Your Paper 3. Take Effective

Instructor/Lecturer • Plan for sources of information to be Notes
included in paper
• Ask for doubts or questions • Organize information by taking notes

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2. Writing your paper

4. Cite Sources 5. Make It Clear Who 6. Know How to

• Citing is one of the effective Said What Paraphrase
ways to avoid plagiarism • Always make sure to • Change words and structure
differentiate who said what- without changing the content
give credit to right person

7. Evaluate Your Sources 8. Include a Reference

• Know the author(s) of the Page
page • Or page of works cited at the
• Where they got info end of your work
• When they wrote it

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ACTIVITY

• PARAPHRASING EXERCISES
• Try the following exercises on paraphrasing and summarizing:
Activity 1
https://usu.instructure.com/courses/31801/quizzes/13501?
module_item_id=63579
• REFERENCING EXERCISES
Activity 2 • Try these exercises to help familiarize yourself with the APA citation style:
http://library.georgiancollege.ca/citing/exercises

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CALCULATING GRADE POINT AVERAGE

 A Grade Point Average (GPA) refers to

the calculated average of the letter grades
a student earns in each semester following
a 0 to 4.0 scale.

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CONTINUE

 Every semester, students receive a GPA based on the grades they earned in all their courses during that semester. The
formula used for the calculations of the Grade Point Average (GPA) is as follows:

(3.67 × 3) + (3.33 × 2)
 To find GPA weighted by credit hours, follow these steps: 
3 2
1. Multiply each numeric grade value by the number of credits the course was worth. 11.01  6.66

5
2. Add these numbers together.
 3.53
3. Divide by the total number of credits you took.
4. Your GPA = 3.53.

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CONTINUE

 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) refers to the overall GPA, which includes dividing the number of
quality points earned in all courses attempted by the total credit hours in all attempted courses.

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FAILURE AND DISMISSAL

 Students with extremely unsatisfactory

academic performance will/can be dismissed
from his/her study.
 The status of Dismissed (D) that can be given to
students include:

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ACTIVITY 1: GPA WORKSHEET

1. Calculate the GPA for Amelia Ameer for her first

semester: (ans: 2.75)
2. Calculate what would have happened if Amelia had
earned a B in Chemistry. (4x3=12)
3. What is the difference in GPA? (New GPA=3.06)

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CONTINUE

4. Now calculate Amelia GPA for the next semester:

(ans:2.80)
5. What would happen if Amelia had received a D in
Cell Bio instead of the B+? (1 x 4 = 4)
6. What is the difference in GPA? (New GPA=2.28,
0.52)
7. What is the difference in CGPA? (2.78)

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 THANK YOU 

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