Task - You are required to write a report on the following topic.
Topic: ‘Plagiarism and its consequences in tertiary education, and how Plagiarism can be minimised'.
You should read the appropriate topics on Interact2 and chapters of your textbook to get information on writing reports
Rationale - An important survival skill for you as a tertiary student is to learn the art of professional report writing. This assessment task is provided to allow you to learn more about the broader context of writing in a report format.
Professional report writing requires the application of discipline in conformity with established conventions of presentation, expression, style and format. Learning to write well therefore becomes a life-long educational task. For you to be successful in your university studies, you should be developing skills in analysis and evaluation to improve your ability to think clearly, to document the arguments and findings made by others, and to compare and contrast different viewpoints. Report writing is one such method of assisting students to achieve these tasks.
This assessment addresses the following subject learning objectives.
Be able to locate, paraphrase, summarise and comprehend simple to complex English texts
Be able to develop an effective academic argument based on information gained from a range of sources,
Be able to write in a range of academic formats, following English writing mechanics and appropriate academic referencing styles;