The goal for this unit was learning more about plagiarism and how to support the arguments with evidence using APA style. The ppts and documents on blackboard helped me understand better about academic sources. We started the unit watching a video about plagiarism. This video helped a lot because it solved my doubts. According to the APA style, the hand outs were useful. In the past, I have always had trouble with appropriate citation; however, I will keep these two documents on blackboard for my personal use due to its concise information.
Moreover, the exercises in class allowed me to practice harder and differentiate paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting. I found the chart below particularly interesting because it is very clear and easy to understand. Besides, we did many exercises about paraphrasing and summarizing. Since they are very similar, I really got a little bit confused; however, I could practice better in padlet during class.
Personally, I believe that I achieved this unit's goal because I was able to understand about academic sources, how to apply them in a text appropriately and avoiding plagiarism. I have previously known about plagiarism, I was conscious that it was a severe crime, specifically in university, that consists in stealing intellectual property. Nonetheless, I was unconscious that there were so many types of plagiarism or even that is is prohibited to plagiarize from documents of your own. I have had experience about applying the APA style on my documents because of my other courses. Since APA released a 7th edition, it is important to always be aware of the new modifications. Finally, this unit was not challenging for me, I could understand everything.
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