Scholarship Principles and Practices

Brain storm questions What is malpractice???

Why do people cheat???

Why is it wrong to cheat???

What are the consequences of cheating in HSC? you receive zero marks for an assessment task you have an HSC course withheld you are deemed ineligible for the award of the HSC your school imposes additional sanctions, eg

withholding your reference.

What is meant by good scholarship? Being honest and ethical Listing all your resources Using your own words

Key attributes to good scholarshipBeing an effective researcher: To enable to stay on task and address the questions in an assessment, some key questions you need to ask yourselves What does the question ask me to do? What are the key terms? What do I think about this? What information is out there? Which information is best? How can I put this in my own words and how can I

acknowledge that some of these ideas belong to other people?

Have I answered the question? Have I acknowledged my sources?

Scenario 1 Tom is given a research task for Geography.

The task is to research current views about ways of saving water, including recycling sewage. Use the Information Process to think about the steps Tom should take in getting started on his research. Where would you start if you had this task?

Effective study habitsYou have three weeks to complete a senior science task to make a poster on “purification of water”

Where would you start? What information sources would be useful and

how would you access them? Draft a timeline that shows, across the three

weeks, when you will complete each stage of the essay.

Applying effective study habits List some of the ways you use to stay on top

of all the assessment task: Example: Keep a diary to make a note of your

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Your rights and responsibilities It is student’s responsibility to follow

scholarship principle and practice. All students will be required to sign the documents below, before they are enrolled into year 11.

HSC confirmation of entry http://

www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/manuals/pdf_doc/hsc_confirmation_entry.pdf

Student declaration http://

www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/manuals/pdf_doc/student_declaration_2006.pdf

Module quiz Students to complete the module quiz

supplied in their booklet