If You Missed a Question on the Good Habits for Evidence- Check Your Knowledge Quiz, What You Need to Look At |
What’s on This Webpage:
Finding
the Amount of Information You Want
If You Are Unsure of the
Meaning of Some Words
The 5 Good Habits for
Evidence (Also Used in Grading All Essays)
Factual Accuracy That You
Verify with the Reliable Source Before You Write
Factual Accuracy That Is
Verifiable for Every Statement You Make
No Plagiarism or “Half-Copy”
Plagiarism
Quotation Changes Revealed
Clearly
This webpage covers the 5 things used in grading your evidence about history. For each of the 5 Good Habits for Evidence, you have these resources:
· Immediately under the name of the Good Habit for Evidence, a link to the question you answered with color-coded highlights to show what the student did incorrectly with the source
· A table that repeats the words in the answer you saw in the quiz, that covers “What’s Required for This Course,” and—if you want more tips or supporting information—a link for that
If you just want to look at the absolute minimum, read carefully the part of the table with the label “What’s Required for This Course” for each of the 5 Good Habits for Evidence.
A supportive caution: If even the minimum seems too much for you, talk to me and let me help you. I will be glad to. Why is it essential for you to get these Good Habits for Evidence straight? There is no company that would want to pay you for what those student examples showed as their way of working. If you had to make a personal decision that could determine your money, your health, or the safety of those you care about, you need to make that decision using the Good Habits for Evidence. It is not just about learning history (although that matters), but also about your future. |
The link at the bottom of this folder provides definitions of the words fact, evidence, assume, opinion, cherry pick, and embellish. These words are used on this webpage and also in the rubric for grading any essay.
If
you missed this question, click for a
brief explanation and to see highlighted words in both the student’s essay and
the source so you can understand why this student’s essay reveals a Good
Habit for Evidence that Student 5 did not
follow.
Good Habit for Evidence in the World |
For your source of facts,
use only sources your boss (or
professor) accepts as reliable. — For example, unless your boss tells you
“Google this for me and copy anything
you like from the Internet,” don’t. |
What’s Required for This Course |
In this course, the only
sources are: 1.
The textbook
chosen by the History Department 2.
The sources provided within our Course Website. Do not use: ·
Other Internet
websites ·
Another textbook ·
Any other
source—including other people or your own memory. |
If You Want More Tips |
If you want more tips on
this Good Habit for Evidence, click here |
If you missed this question, click for a
brief explanation and to see highlighted words in both the student’s essay and
the source so you can understand why this student’s essay reveals a Good
Habit for Evidence that Student 1 did not
follow.
Good Habit for Evidence in the World |
You must use reliable
sources to verify everything that you write or say. To verify a fact means to
confirm that the reliable source specifically states that fact (whether you
wrote the words or the author did). — With bosses (or professors), you will
be in trouble if you are incorrect so never guess and instead verify before you write or speak. |
What’s Required for This Course |
In
this course, if you cannot verify
the fact, do not write it and do not assume that the source agrees
with you. If you are certain something is true and you cannot find it clearly
in our sources, ask me for help.
§
If a question that you have to answer is
about something specific (such as a time, type of person, or region), verify
that the source is about that specific thing. §
If the source covers facts, do not cherry
pick or embellish them. §
If the source covers facts about two or more
sides, positions, individuals, or groups, do not include only one as though
the other did not occur. |
If You Want More Tips |
If you want more tips on
this Good Habit for Evidence, click here |
If you missed this question, click for a brief explanation and to see
highlighted words in both the student’s essay and the source so you can understand why this student’s
essay reveals a Good Habit for Evidence that Student 2 did not follow.
Good Habit for Evidence in the World |
If a boss (or professor) asks you for the proof of something
that you said or wrote, you must be able to state the name of the reliable
source and exactly where (a specific page) in that source that each fact came from (whether you
wrote the words or the author did). — With
bosses (or professors), you cannot just claim that a specific page provides
evidence. If a reasonable person using a reliable dictionary and reading the
entire passage on that page would not agree that you provided evidence, then
neither will your boss (or professor). |
What’s Required for This Course |
In this course with Exam
Essays, you do not need to provide
citations (the specific page number from our textbook where a fact is
located) unless I cannot recognize where the fact came from. If I cannot
recognize the fact, I will ask for citations. ·
If you have had a college course so you are
trained fully in a specific standard (such as MLA, APA, or the Chicago Manual of Style), you may use
that. ·
If you have not yet had a course, you may use a
very simple method provided as an additional instruction. |
If You Want More Tips |
If you want more tips on
this Good Habit for Evidence, click here |
If you missed this question, click for a brief explanation and to see
highlighted words in both the student’s essay and the source so you can understand why this student’s
essay reveals a Good Habit for Evidence that Student 4 did not follow.
Good Habit for Evidence in the World |
If you use words (even
phrases) created by another person, then follow standards for using quotation
marks (“”) to reveal clearly to your reader what words you created and what
words the author created. — This is a requirement in courses, and in some jobs
failure to do this is a firing offense. |
What’s Required for This Course |
In
this course, you may: §
Either write
facts in your own words §
Or you may use
exact sentences or phrases from the textbook placed within quotation marks according
to the specific rules for quotation marks (“”) to reveal ownership that are
covered in The Bedford Handbook In this course, you may not
copy an author’s phrases without quotation marks. You also may not replace a few words in an
author’s sentence. Both are what The
Bedford Handbook calls “half-copy” plagiarism (page 692). Why I make a big deal about “half-copy”
plagiarism? Click here
because the reason is in your interests and may surprise you. |
If You Want More Tips |
If you want more tips on
this Good Habit for Evidence, click here.
This link takes you to the same tips for Quotation Changes Reveal Clearly
because they have the same background information |
If you missed this question, click for a brief explanation and to see
highlighted words in both the student’s essay and the source so you can understand why this student’s
essay reveals a Good Habit for Evidence that Student 3 did not follow.
Good Habit for Evidence in the World |
If you use quotation marks
(“”) to reveal words created by another person but you change those words,
then carefully reveal those changes by following standards for using
quotation marks (“”), ellipses (…), and/or square brackets ([ ]). This may
not be just a punctuation error. — Instead, by your changes, you may be
misleading your reader about the evidence, and never mislead a boss (or
professor) about the evidence. |
What’s Required for This Course |
In this course, if
you use another’s words, you must be sure either not to change them or—if you
change them—to follow the specific rules in The Bedford Handbook to reveal those changes to the reader. |
If You Want More Tips |
If you want more tips on
this Good Habit for Evidence, click here.
This link takes you to the same tips for No Plagiarism or “Half-Copy”
Plagiarism because they have the same background information |
Copyright C. J. Bibus, Ed.D. 2003-2014 |
2014 |
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