You will submit your written assignments to Turnitin in your courses as
you complete the program. The purpose is to help you determine how
effectively you are integrating other sources into your own writing.
Turnitin reports assist you in determining if you are integrating other's
writing into your own correctly and in accord with acceptable practices
for scholarly writing. Review the Turnitin report provided. Indicate
paragraphs that you believe need review and provide rationale. Also,
discuss the impact of correct APA format and integration of sources on
your credibility as a scholar in the discipline.
Prepare this discussion question according to the guidelines found in the
APA style guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not
required.
The syllabus and the student success center have some great resources
listed that are especially helpful to me. I know the basics of APA but I
can definitely use the resources. After reviewing the APA quiz,
presentation, and additional resources I have found that there is a lot
more to learn about APA than what I have been exposed to in the past. I
will need to refer to these documents often throughout this program.
After reviewing the GCU plagiarism tutorial I now know how to define the
three ways to avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism has become common for
students at Universities. Tshepo states, “Plagiarism is a problem that has
hit the education world even harder since the inception of the World
Wide Web. With information readily available in electronic form from the
Internet, it has become easier for students to copy and paste material
into their assignments or reports and submit it for grading as their
original work” (Tshepo, 2010). This is so true, even with cell phones and