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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
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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.
What
Is the Goal for Writing in This Course? – Think about it as teaching some part
of history to your smart cousin.
What Is Not
the Goal?
With something that
people talk about in many ways, sometimes it helps to state what is not the goal. With writing in this course, you:
·
Are not
summarizing or not paraphrasing the textbook.
·
Do not need to
repeat every fact or word in the textbook.
·
Are not showing
your personal writing style while stating your feelings or your opinions or
your assumptions.
What Is the
Goal?
Instead, in this
course, the goal of all writing assignments is for you to do
activities that help you learn the history of our nation. One of the
most powerful ways to learn something
is to try to teach it so the goal
is for you to pretend to teach another person—such as your smart cousin.
That’s a multi-step
skill—one skill that is also useful for most jobs you may do. You do 4 things:
1. Read carefully the required content (and I tell you what you need to
read)
2. Understand that content
3. Choose carefully what anyone—such as your smart cousin—needs to learn
4. Teach that content in a common sense, practical way
Why am I using the example of your smart cousin
as the person you will teach?
·
You are probably
comfortable with your cousin.
·
In helping your smart
cousin, you will spend:
- More time trying to help your cousin learn
the content
- Less time trying to say it in fancy words
What’s a Good Habit for Evidence in the
World Beyond This Course—Whether Dealing with Bosses
or with Future Professors
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 Tips on How to Develop the
Good Habit of Using Reliable Sources Only
If
you want more tips on this Good Habit for Evidence, click here http://www.cjbibus.com/1301_1302_GHforE_HOW_to_Work_ReliableSourcesONLY.htm
If you think that professors (and bosses) can’t recognize that you have used other sources (and perhaps even copied other sources’ words), click here for the difference that requiring a specific source makes. Read the orange box at the bottom of the link. . http://www.cjbibus.com/1301_1302_Good_Habits_For_Evidence_Student5_colorcoded.htm
Quiz
In this course, you may use these sources:
a. The
textbook chosen by the History Department
b.
Sources your instructor provides
c.
Internet websites developed by reliable historical associations
d.
Only a and b
e. All of the above
d.
If you missed this question, be sure to look at the Tips section for this Good Habit.
What’s a Good
Habit for Evidence in the World Beyond This
Course—Whether Dealing with Bosses or with Future Professors
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.
In this course, you also must select facts that you write to reveal
accurately the facts that the author presented. You cannot misuse the source.
Examples:
§ 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 or
their actions, do not include only one as though the other did not occur.
If You Want
Tips on How to Develop the Good Habit of Factual Accuracy By
Verifying with the Reliable Source Before You Write
If you want more tips on this Good Habit for Evidence,
click here.
http://www.cjbibus.com/1301_1302_GHforE_HOW_to_Build_Factual_Accuracy_By_Verifying_With_Reliable_Source.htm
If you think that professors (and bosses) can’t recognize that you are factually inaccurate, click here for the difference that requiring a specific source makes. Read the orange box at the bottom of the link. http://www.cjbibus.com/1301_1302_Good_Habits_For_Evidence_Student5_colorcoded.htm
Quiz
In this course, you are to:
a.
Verify every fact that you write by using the required, reliable source.
b. Show your personal writing style and interest in history by using facts
from the sourcec.
a.
If you missed this question, be sure to look at the Tips section for this Good Habit.
What’s a Good
Habit for Evidence in the World Beyond This
Course—Whether Dealing with Bosses or with Future Professors
What’s Required for This
Course
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If You Want
Tips on How to Develop the Good Habit of <>
If you want more tips on this Good Habit for Evidence, http://www.cjbibus.com/1301_1302_GHforE_HOW_to_Work_ReliableSourcesONLY.htm
Quiz
In
this course, you may :
a.
b.
c.
d. Only a and b
e.
All of the above
d.
If
you missed this question, be sure to look at the Tips section for this Good
Habit.
ADD to each 1 the link to the preventions FOR EACH ONE
For reliable sources and for not plagiarized work http://www.cjbibus.com/1301_1302_Good_Habits_For_Evidence_Student5_colorcoded.htm
For Factual Accuracy
For http://www.cjbibus.com/1301_1302_Good_Habits_For_Evidence_Student1_colorcoded.htm
What’s a Good Habit for Evidence in the
World Beyond This Course—Whether Dealing with Bosses
or with Future Professors
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—one that the boss
(or professor) considers reliable
·
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 written
assignments, you
must write according to the instructions and that includes citations that show exactly (a specific page) where each
fact is from. You must cite both
facts that are in the author’s exact words (quotations) and facts written in
your own words.
The style that you use for that citation may vary:
·
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 standard.
Caution: APA requires citations only
for quotations, but for written assignments in this course you must provide citations for facts as quotations and facts written in your own words.
·
If you have not yet had a course, you use a very
simple method provided as an additional instruction.
A frequently asked question: If you have a couple of sentences
from the same page of the source, then you only cite after the last sentence.
If You Want Tips on How to Develop the
Good Habit of <>
If you
want more tips on this Good Habit for Evidence, click here
Quiz
In this course, you may :
a.
b.
c.
d.
Only a and b
e. All of the above
d.
If you missed this question, be sure to look at the Tips section for this Good Habit.
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 |
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What’s Required for This Course |
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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 |
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