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Academic honesty

Singapore International School, guided by the philosophy of the IB, places great value on the ethical qualities of personal integrity and academic honesty. Academic honesty is expected of all members of the school community; students, faculty, administration and parents. We are guided in our expectations and practices by two of the Learner Profile attributes which describe students as:

PRINCIPLED : They act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups and communities. They take responsibility for their own actions and the consequences that accompany them.

 REFLECTIVE : They give thoughtful consideration to their own learning and experience. They are able to assess and understand their strengths and limitations in order to support their learning and personal development.

It is the policy of Singapore International School that:

• All Diploma Programme students understand the basic meaning and significance of academic honesty
• All work produced by Diploma Programme students is their own, authentic work
• All such authentic work has the ideas and words of others fully acknowledged
• Students understand and obey the rules relating to proper conduct of examinations
• Students understand the difference between collaboration and collusion, and that it is unacceptable to present work arrived at through a process of collusion
• The policy refers to all assignments set and completed in school or at home, ranging from basic pieces of homework to formal assessments required by the IB

The aim of this policy is to:

• Promote good academic practice and a school culture that actively encourages academic honesty
•  Enable students to understand what constitutes academic honesty and dishonesty
•  Encourage students to look to their teachers, supervisors and coordinator for support when completing assessed work in order to prevent any possible form of malpractice (See page 6 for further details)
•  Ensure that students understand the importance of acknowledging accurately and honestly all ideas and work of others
•  Explain to students that they have an important role in ensuring that their work is ‘academically honest’
•  Impart to students that plagiarism is a serious academic offence for which Copenhagen International School shows no tolerance
•  Explain to students precisely what sanctions will be imposed should they be found guilty of malpractice.

What is 'Academic Honesty'?

Academic honesty refers to:

• Proper conduct in relation to the conduct of examinations
•  The full acknowledgement of the original authorship and ownership of creative material
•  The production of ‘authentic’ pieces of work
•  The protection of all forms of intellectual property – which include forms of intellectual and creative expression, as well as patents, registered designs, trademarks, moral rights and copyright

Academic Dishonesty, therefore, involves:

• Collusion ·
•  Duplication of work
•  All forms of malpractice

What is ‘Malpractice’ ?

Malpractice is behaviour that results in, or may result in the candidate or any other candidate gaining an unfair advantage in one or more assessment component.

Malpractice may include:

• Plagiarism: The representation of the ideas or work of another as the candidate’s own
•  Collusion: Supporting malpractice by another candidate – allowing one’s work to be copied or submitted for assessment by another
•  Duplication of work: The presentation of the same work for different parts of the diploma. (An example would involve submitting the same piece of work for a History Extended Essay and the History internal assessment)

Malpractice also includes :

• Making up data for an assignment
•  Falsifying a CAS record
•  Taking unauthorized material into the examination room, including a mobile phone, an electronic device, own rough paper, notes … 
• Misbehaving during an exam, including any attempt to disrupt the examination or distract another candidate
•  Copying the work of another candidate
•  Referring to or attempting to refer to, unauthorized material that is related to the examination
•   Failing to comply with the instructions of the invigilator or other member of the school’s staff responsible for the conduct of an examination
•  Impersonating another candidate
• Including offensive material in a script
•  Stealing examination papers
•  Disclosing or discussing the content of an examination paper with a person outside the immediate community within 24 hours after the examination 
• Using an unauthorized calculator during an examination
•  Concealing and/or using unauthorized software on a graphic calculator, particularly, but not only, during examinations

Defining forms of malpractice

· Collusion/Collaboration

 Collaboration involves working together with other students. There are occasions where collaboration with other candidates is permitted or actively encouraged. Nevertheless, the final work must be produced independently, despite the fact that it may be based on similar data. This means that the abstract, introduction, content, 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. Working together is collaboration. Copying someone else’s work is collusion. Even if you have ‘collaborated’ with another student, the work you present must be your own. Collusion is malpractice and will be penalized.

 · Plagiarism

 Plagiarism is passing off someone else’s work, writing, thoughts, visuals, graphics, music and ideas as your own. Plagiarized work is work which fails to acknowledge the sources which it uses or upon which it is based. Plagiarism is a clear breach of academic honesty. It is also a criminal offence.

What is paraphrasing?

Paraphrasing is writing a piece of text out in your own words. You are allowed to do this, but you must acknowledge the source you have used

Acknowledging sources

How can I make sure that I am not plagiarizing material?

• The simplest method of avoiding plagiarism is to honestly, accurately and clearly acknowledge, by references in the body of your work, and/or in a bibliography at the end, each and every piece of material you used in the production of your work.
•  All ideas and work of other persons, regardless of their source, must be acknowledged
•  CD Rom, email messages, web sites on the Internet and any other electronic media must be treated in the same way as books and journals 
• The sources of all photographs, maps, illustrations, computer programs, data, graphs, audio-visual and similar material must be acknowledged
•  Passages that are quoted verbatim must be enclosed within quotation marks and references provided
•  All works of art, film, dance, music, theatre arts or visual arts must have their source/origin acknowledged
•  Always use Turnitin in accordance with the school’s regulations.
• Material cannot be paraphrased without acknowledging the source The SIS Library libguides contains links to sites that give detailed instructions on citing sources using different styles such as APA, MLA, Chicago and more. Many of the sites also provide information on grammar and mechanics. Singapore International School prefers the use of the MLA 8 style when acknowledging sources.

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IBO Updated Statement Regarding AI Tools (March 2023)

In March 2023, the IBO updated its Academic Integrity policy addressing AI, highlights include:

• "AI tools do not threaten the underlying principles of what the IB values".( Academic integrity policy, p53)
• "AI tools do not represent a crisis in educati on or assessment".( Academic integrity policy, p53)
• "The IB aims to avoid joining the “arms race” between AI tools that claim to be able to tell the difference between AI and human authors". (Academic integrity policy, p54)
• "It is not realistic to prevent the use of these tools as they will rapidly become commonplace, but the IB believes that schools should explain ethical behaviour when using these tools, and why they often are not the most useful piece of software." (Academic Integrity policy, p54)
• "The IB will not ban the use of AI software. The simplest reason is that it is the wrong way to deal with innovation. Over the next few years, the use of this kind of software will become as routine as calculators and translation programs". (Academic integrity policy, p53)
• “Teachers are the best placed to know what a student is capable of and when a piece of work appears not to have been written by that student." (Academic integrity policy, p54).
• Cite all sources, including texts and images from AI tools - both in the body of the work and in the bibliography.
• Use quotation marks for references in the text- use a reference style already in use in the school: for example, "The development of the tools and variables required for..." (text taken from ChatGPT, 2023)
• Bibliography: include the prompt that the learner provided to the AI tool and the date it generated the text: for example, Open AI (27 March 2023), ChatGPT response to  example  prompt about  example  topic. 

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Extended Essay: ISS High School Academic Honesty Policy

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ISS High School Academic Honesty Policy

Iss hs academic honesty policy.

The following policy was created to provide a cohesive understanding of academic honesty for all high school students. 

Philosophy -- Education

The IB Learner Profile forms the foundation of The International School of Stavanger’s Academic Honesty Policy. In keeping with the IB Learner Profile, our faculty acknowledges the importance of encouraging our students to be:

Curious, developing skills for inquiry and research. 

Independent learners who collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups. 

Life-long learners across a range of disciplines that have local and global significance. 

Critical and creative thinkers, able to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. Reasoned, ethical decision makers. 

Confident and creative communicators in more than one language and in many ways. 

Principled,  demonstrating integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere, taking responsibility for their actions and their consequences (IB Academic Integrity).

In accordance with the IB, “Examples of Academic Honesty shall be clearly communicated and modelled at an age appropriate level so that all students understand:

 • their responsibility for producing authentic and genuine individual and group work 

• how to correctly attribute sources, acknowledging the work and ideas of others 

• the responsible use of information technology and social media 

• how to observe and adhere to ethical and honest practice during examinations” (IB Academic Integrity). 

“Educators supporting IB students in their learning should understand their own central role in developing the approaches to learning and reinforce the principle of academic integrity through all teaching, learning and assessment practices” (IB Academic Integrity). At ISS High School, the teachers strive to be models of Academic Honesty by attributing sources in their teaching and learning while instructing  students how  to do the same. The high school curriculum includes a scope and sequence of skills designed to enable students to avoid plagiarism, including attribution of sources, paraphrasing, summarizing, and using direct quotes within their own work. Students are given multiple opportunities to develop these skills in individual subject classes and through the SOAR/Advisory programme and to use tools like NoodleTools and Turnitin to check for their own understanding.

Aims of the Policy

Academic integrity is a responsibility of the whole ISS school community. In an effort to define the roles of each member of the community, this document outlines the responsibilities and expectations of all the stakeholders across the school community (IB Academic Integrity 1). This policy also outlines the possible consequences for academic dishonesty. 

Definitions

“The International Baccalaureate defines Academic integrity as a guiding principle in education and a choice to act in a responsible way whereby others can have trust in us as individuals. It is the foundation for ethical decision-making and behaviour in the production of legitimate, authentic and honest scholarly work” (IB Academic Integrity 3).

“What is academic misconduct?

Academic misconduct is a behaviour that results in, or may result in, the student or any other student gaining an unfair advantage (or a behaviour that disadvantages other students) in one or more assessment components” (IB Academic Honesty). 

“Categories of ‘academic misconduct’

Plagiarism is defined as the representation, intentionally or unwittingly, of the ideas, words or work of another person without proper, clear and explicit acknowledgment. The use of translated materials, unless indicated and acknowledged, is also considered plagiarism.

Collusion is defined as supporting academic misconduct by another student, for example allowing one’s work to be copied or submitted for assessment by another.

Misconduct during an IB examination includes taking unauthorized material into an examination room, disruptive behaviour and communicating with others during the examination. (Communication about the content of an examination 24 hours before or after the examination with others outside their school community is also considered a breach to IB regulations.)

Duplication of work is defined as the presentation of the same work for different assessment components and/or Diploma Programme requirements.” (IB Academic Honesty)

Collaboration versus Collusion 

ISS and the IB recognise that successful collaboration is a key competency both in educational environments and in the adult world. Many activities in the classroom are collaborative, with students working in small or larger groups to complete a task. Some assignments within the IB are collaborative, but the bulk are individual work and students are instructed clearly as to which tasks can be done collaboratively, and which must be done individually. Collusion occurs when work which should be done individually is shared by students. Copying the ideas or words of another student or allowing them to be copied is not acceptable.

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Responsibilities of the School

In addition to having access to a copy of the ISS HS Academic Honesty Policy, via electronic communication systems, students will receive direct instruction in acceptable use of information. In order to facilitate candidates’ growth as principled inquirers, ISS faculty provides all candidates with instruction in:

“What constitutes ethical practice in the IB Diploma Programme

The research process

Authentic authorship

Best practices for ensuring assessments meet standards of academic honesty

The rules for acknowledging source material based on standard practice and provide examples and conventions for citing and acknowledging original authorship

Data-gathering techniques

Rules and regulations regarding malpractice and related consequences” (Giffin)

Responsibilities of the Students

ISS students  are responsible for:

Reading the ISS HS Academic Honesty policy and familiarizing themselves with the principles and practices of academic honesty

Exercising academic honesty in all aspects of their work and acting as principled learners

Conducting all experiments and activities in an ethical way

Documenting source material in a formal and appropriate way

Using direct quotations appropriately

Paraphrasing and acknowledging the ideas of others appropriately

Understanding academic  misconduct and the related consequences

Following all examination regulations (Giffin)

Responsibilities of the Parents

“Although they are not directly involved in daily tasks at school, parents and legal guardians are able to collaborate with the administrative and teaching team in the activities carried out by the school to promote academic integrity while encouraging their children to observe the rules and complete all work according to the expectations” (IB Academic Integrity 17). 

Good Practice

“How teachers can support their students 

• Make sure that students are able to locate the ISS HS school’s academic honesty policy. 

• Put the topic into context: why plagiarism is a problem and the value of honest scholarly work. 

• Explain that transgressions to the ISS HS academic honesty policy will not be tolerated and explain the consequences. 

• Provide students with appropriate support and exemplars of good practice.

• Devote teaching time for students to practise your chosen referencing or bibliography format. 

• Build schedules to request drafts of the final tasks or essays. Do not just wait for the final piece to be submitted. 

• Plan for activities where you can show students the different forms that plagiarism can take. 

• Explain that questionable or unreferenced content of the task will be cross-referenced using the internet.

 • Avoid general topics for tasks and make them as interesting as possible. 

• Be a role model, giving others credit for their work every day in your teaching” (IB Academic Integrity 47). 

“How students can avoid committing plagiarism 

• Read and understand their school’s academic honesty policy. 

• Design time schedules or plans to manage tasks sensibly. 

• Maintain organized notes and sources consulted during the production of work. 

• Seek guidance and support from their teachers when doubts arise about referencing. 

• Cite sources by making clear which words, ideas, images and works are from others, including maps, charts, musical compositions, films, computer source codes and any other material. 

• Give credit for copied, adapted, paraphrased and translated materials from others” (IB Academic Integrity 47).

• “Make sure that information used is acknowledged in the body of the text and is fully listed in the bibliography using the referencing style agreed with the teacher.

• All sources cited in the text must also be listed in the bibliography (or reference list/list of works cited) and all sources listed in the bibliography must be cited in the text.

• Cite your sources so that readers can find them; if you cannot state the origin of the source it is probably better not to use it.

For further details about the IB’s expectations in regards to referencing see the publication Effective citing and referencing ” (IB Academic Honesty).

The IBDP Coordinator and HS Principal provide faculty with appropriate professional development with regard to principles and practices of academic honesty as defined by the IB programme.

The Librarian provides instruction to both the faculty and the students in the correct methods for citing sources of information.

Teachers provide subject or assessment-specific instruction in all areas related to academic honesty including: research methods, citation styles, documentation, proper data collection techniques, and ethical practices. Teachers only accept work if the assessment reflects a high level of academic honesty.

Candidates have access to online style guides and writing laboratories. Links are available through the school library website. Students also have access to tools including Turnitin and NoodleTools that allow them to avoid unintended plagiarism, comply with style guidelines and cite their sources correctly.

Candidates and their parents/guardians are provided with copies of the ISS HS Academic Honesty Policy via electronic communication systems. 

Conventions for Citing and Acknowledging Original Authorship

ISS recognizes MLA as the acceptable style for coursework. MLA conventions are taught beginning in the Middle School and students in grades 9 and 10 are expected to use MLA in all written assignments, where appropriate. For IBDP, including the Extended Essay and Internal Assessments, students should confer with their advisors to determine the most appropriate style for their subject area. Students will then need to transfer their knowledge to either other recognised citation styles.  Noodle Tools can help students with citation/referencing in a variety of citation styles.

Consequences

Work that does not follow the guidelines of the ISS HS Academic Honesty Policy will not be accepted. Students will be asked to re-do work that is not in line with the policy.

Deliberate and/or repeated infringement of the policy will be dealt with as a disciplinary issue.

Incidents of academic misconduct with IB or IGCSE are dealt with following the appropriate procedures of the IB or CIE. Academic misconduct may result in students not receiving a grade in their IBDP or IGCSE examinations.

In the creation of this document, the authors wish to acknowledge the following sources:

Giffin, Tracy, editor. "Academic Honesty Policy." International Baccalaureate Programme at Prince Andrew High School, edited by Jesse Li, Prince Andrew High School, 2019, sites.google.com/view/ibpahs/policies/academic-honesty-policy. Accessed 18 Sept. 2020.

International Baccalaureate, compiler. Academic Honesty in the Diploma Programme. Geneva, International Baccalaureate, 2019.

---, editor. Academic Integrity. IBO.org, International Baccalaureate Organization, Oct. 2019, www.ibo.org/contentassets/76d2b6d4731f44ff800d0d06d371a892/academic-integrity-policy-english.pdf. Accessed 18 Sept. 2020.

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Ib - effective citing and referencing, purpose of this document.

The purpose of this publication is to guide members of the International Baccalaureate (IB) community in understanding the IB’s expectations with regards to referencing the ideas, words, or work of other people when producing an original document or piece of work.

This document provides guidance on referencing and demonstrates some of the differences between the most widely used styles. Due to the wide range of subjects, multiple response languages and the diversity of referencing styles, the IB does not prescribe or insist on a particular style. All examples provided in this document are for illustration purposes only. The IB’s requirements are for honesty in indicating when and which ideas and words are not the writer’s own, and consistency in referencing the source of those ideas and words.

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Academic honesty.

According to IB:

Academic honesty

Research practices when working on an extended essay must reflect the principles of academic honesty. The essay must provide the reader with the  precise  sources of quotations, ideas and points of view through accurate citations, which may be in-text or footnotes, and full references listed in the bibliography, which, regardless of the system used, must ensure the minimum requirements.

Producing accurate references and a bibliography is a skill that students should be seeking to refine as part of the extended essay writing process. Documenting the research in this way is vital: it allows readers to evaluate the evidence for themselves, and it shows the student’s understanding of the importance of the sources used.

Failure to comply with this requirement will be viewed as academic misconduct and will, therefore, be treated as a potential breach of IB regulations.

What is Plagiarism?

According to Merriam-Webster:

Definition of  plagiarize

transitive verb

intransitive verb

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The IB takes academic honesty very seriously!  All Diploma Programme students must review the resources below.

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