In a New Century College learning community, academic integrity is very important. The names of all the participants should appear on collaborative work. If a group member does not participate in completing the project, her or his name should not appear on the project.
If the assignment is not a group project, you must complete the work independently. When doing independent work, you may discuss your ideas with others and receive feedback from peers on drafts of papers. However, it is an honor code violation to use content material from others without citing the source in your paper. It is also not appropriate to turn your paper over to someone else to edit or to revise.
You are responsible for making certain there is no question the work you turn in is your own. If your name appears on an assignment, your professor has the right to expect that you have done the work yourself, fully and independently.
Three fundamental principles to follow at all times are:
1) All work submitted with your name must be your own.
2) When using the language or ideas of others, including your fellow students, you must give appropriate credit.
3) If you are uncertain about the ground rules for a particular assignment, ask for clarification. No grade is important enough to justify cheating, for which there is a serious consequence.
Choosing a topic and pre-writing
f you are given a choice of topics, think about what topics interest you that meet the criteria for the assignment. Jot down some ideas before you commit to extensive writing. Think of 3 or 4 possible topics which might fulfill the purposes of the assignment.
Use some brainstorming techniques: - Free write ideas without censoring them.
- Make a list of ideas.
- Create an outline.
- Draw a large circle (your main topic), then spokes labeled with the names of your sub topics
- Draw a tree (your main topic) with branches labeled with your sub topics.
If this is a research writing assignment, begin your research. Review research strategies. About which topic were you able to find the most credible sources? What are your guidelines for evaluating the credibility of your sources for this assignment? The quality of your sources is a big factor in the quality of a research paper.
After you gather preliminary information and become familiar with it, do some free writing. For example, you could try to construct a preliminary thesis statement and jot down some main points you might cover. Frequently, when writers have trouble developing their papers, it is because they didn't begin with enough ideas. Creating a fund of ideas from which to draw is important in this stage of pre-drafting. Don't worry about correct sentences at this point. Just get some ideas down to help you get situated in your subject.
Start narrowing down your thesis (your controlling idea).
Good Luck four your writing...^_*
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