AVOIDING PLAGIARISM || CALCULATING GRADE POINT AVERAGE
PLAGIARISM :
- an act of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author
- without authorization and the representation of that author’s work as one’s own, as by not crediting the original author
THINGS THAT CONSIDER PLAGIARISM :
- CHANGE someone else’s work as your own
- copying WORDS or IDEAS from someone else (without giving credit)
- NOT put a quotation in quotation marks
- giving INCORRECT INFORMATION (the source of a quotation)
- CHANGING WORDS but copying the sentence structure of a source (without giving credit)
- COPYING so many words or ideas
HOW TO PREVENT ?
- PLANNING YOUR PAPER
- Consult Your Instructor/Lecturer
- Plan Your Paper
- Take Effective Notes
- WRITING YOUR PAPER
- Cite Sources
- Make It Clear Who Said What
- Know How to Paraphrase
- Evaluate Your Sources
- Include a Reference Page
GPA Calculation :
Letter Grade Percent Grade 4.0 Scale
A+ 90-100 4.00
A 80-89 4.00
A- 75-79 3.67
B+ 70-74 3.33
B 65-69 3.00
B- 60-64 2.67
C+ 55-59 2.33
C 50-54 2.00
C- 47-49 1.67
D+ 44-46 1.33
D 40-43 1.00
E 30-39 0.67
F 0-29 0.00
GPA = The total credit values registered and attempted in the assessment of a semester
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The total credit units acquired in the same semester
CGPA = The total credit values registered and attempted in the assessment of all semesters
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The total credit units acquired in all semesters
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