In this week’s readings I learned a little more about
plagiarism. I think that when you use terms like “copying” it definitely takes
away the real meaning of it because it is literary theft. I think that getting
a refresher in this topic was important because as I do research I need to have
this in mind. The concepts addressed and the research skills developed so far
influence my approach as I do my research by keeping me focused on the citation
methods I’ve learned. I need to practice annotation more and what I usually do
to stay away from using the summary that they give in the beginning of each
book is that I try to skim through the journal or book I’m using fro my
research project, that way I use only my own words. There aren’t any aspects of
academic integrity and plagiarism that are unclear.
My name is Valerie and here is a little about myself. I am a department manager at a retail store and although it's stressful I love working around a lot of different people each day. I am a single mother of two wonderful boys who keep me on my toes daily. I love to learn new things and this is definitely new for me! I am currently pursuing my AA and ultimately I want to teach. I hope to learn how to do more research in this class and I hope we all learn from each other in our blogs!
Hi Valerie,
ReplyDeleteI agree it is always a good refresher on this topic. Sometimes I even forget how to use different citations in my research. With all the research tips for our assignments, it helped me focus better when writing citations and use better keywords. Great post!