Doing research for BTEC Assignments
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Doing research for BTEC AssignmentsI know copy & pasting is counted as plagerism but in some assignment they do ask you to research things for example for my new assignment they asking me to reasearch new networking technologies and what they do etc.Am I meant to research them and right it in my own words or can i write it word for word?I mean its not exactly cheating if I know nothing about the emerging technology so it wouldnt be seen as plagerism if i copy and paste these techenolgies and what they do?I dont understand how I could write it in my own words as i'm not the manufacturer lol
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Re: Doing research for BTEC AssignmentsWhether you copy and paste - the proper term is 'quote' :P - or put it in your own words put the name of the source in brackets at the bottom of the sentence/paragraph/page, whatever is most appropriate.
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Re: Doing research for BTEC AssignmentsIf you copy and paste you must acknowledge the source.(Original post by chosenone93)
I know copy & pasting is counted as plagerism but in some assignment they do ask you to research things for example for my new assignment they asking me to reasearch new networking technologies and what they do etc.Am I meant to research them and right it in my own words or can i write it word for word?I mean its not exactly cheating if I know nothing about the emerging technology so it wouldnt be seen as plagerism if i copy and paste these techenolgies and what they do?I dont understand how I could write it in my own words as i'm not the manufacturer lol
if it is from a web page you must state the web address and the date you accessed it.
If it is from a book you must state the author,book and page -
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Re: Doing research for BTEC Assignmentsyes you can, but I'm sure that you will also have to add some of your own paragraphs to show you have some understanding of what you have researched, or to explain the way technology is advancing? (i'm not on this course but from work I have done in the past we always had to add some of our own thoughts)(Original post by chosenone93)
so if they tell me to research technlogy i can copy and paste everything as long as i state the source?
