1. Project Worksheet - Plagiarism and Research Paper Scavenger
Hunt
Instructions: This worksheet project is intended for students interested in writing a research
paper on how to avoid plagiarism and was created for my EDTECH 502-The Internet for
Educators Class.
There are five hunts and ten answers to search for to complete this worksheet. Answer all
questions using the information from the linked web sites and record your answers on this
worksheet.
Hunts One-Four: Plagiarism.org: http://www.plagiarism.org/
Answer the following questions using this worksheet:
Hunt One: The Real Meaning of Plagiarism
1. There are many definitions of plagiarism, but what is the down-to-earth definition of
plagiarism? Plagiarism is an act of fraud involving stealing and lying about stealing
someone’s work.
Hunt Two: Facts of Plagiarism
2. What are some of the factors attributed to someone who plagiarizes in their research
paper? Using someone else’s work, Using many words or phrases from a source and not
quoting them, and giving wrong information about the source of the quotation.
Hunt Three: Sources Cited and Not Cited
3. What fact was discovered regarding students’ notion about plagiarizing their papers? A
poll conducted by the US news found that 90% cheaters are never caught or have never
been appropriately disciplined.
4. What is the term for someone who uses their previous work in their new research paper?
The Self Stealer
5. What is someone referred to who provides invalid data about their sources? The
Misinformer
6. If someone uses the necessary content of their source, but changes important information
to disguise their source, it is known as what? The Poor Disguise
Hunt Four: Citing Sources
7. If your sources are of major significance to your ideas how should you cite the source?
Use parenthetical references, foot notes, and endnotes.
Hunt Five: Plagiarism and Research Paper
2. eHow: How to Avoid Plagiarism in a Research Paper http://www.ehow.com/how_9265_avoid-plagiarism-
research.html
1. What should you be careful to avoid when writing your research paper? Plagiarizing
someone else’s work accidentally.
2. What consequences could you encounter if you plagiarized in your research paper? You
could get in serious trouble like getting expelled from school.
3. If your rewritten work is comparable to your source this is known as what? Paraphrasing
