Year 11 IB Assessment Booklet 2019

Disclosing or receiving information about an assessment

A student: • gives or accesses unauthorised information that compromises the integrity of the assessment, such as stimulus or suggested answers/responses, prior to completing a response to an assessment • makes any attempt to give or receive access to secure assessment materials.

Fabricating

A student: • invents or exaggerates data • lists incorrect or fictitious references

Impersonation

A student arranges for another person to complete a response to an assessment in their place, e.g. impersonating the student in a performance or supervised assessment. A student completes a response to an assessment in place of another student. A student distracts and/or disrupts others in an assessment room. A student completely or partially copies or alters another person’s work without attribution (another person’s work may include text, audio or audiovisual material, figures, tables, design, images, information or ideas). A student duplicates work or part of work already submitted as a response to an assessment instrument in the same or any other subject. A student arranges for, or allows, a tutor, parent/carer or any person in a supporting role to complete or contribute significantly to the response

Misconduct during an examination

Plagiarism or lack of referencing

Self-plagiarism

Significant contribution of help

It is important to qualify that in most student essays, a significant portion of the information is usually derived from the work of others. Despite this, it is important to distinguish this sourced information from your own contribution to the material. In intellectual circles where ideas are the currency of exchange, it is regarded as highly improper to conceal your sources. The ideas must be sufficiently documented to allow accurate identification of the source, whether it is a book, article, or electronic source (written or oral). (Acknowledgement – Deakin University) If a circumstance should arise that a student at the College is deemed to have committed an act of academic misconduct, that student may be required to undergo a formal process of investigation. This process will constitute, in the first instance, attending a meeting convened by the Deputy Headmaster. Also attending this meeting will be the relevant Head of Department. The penalty to be incurred by the student will be decided on a case by case basis , taking into account all circumstances (perhaps some extenuating) prevailing at the time of the incident. It is important to note that the prime purpose of the penalty will be to redirect the focus of the students and to support a learning process for life, instead of being punitive. Consequences may include any or some combination of the following: • loss of all marks or a portion of marks for that assignment

• details noted on the student’s file • submission of a new assignment • marking of the draft • counselling of the student

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