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I'd want to get perspective on what I feel is an unjustified case of academic misconduct.
I am taking a mathematics subject and part of my assignment was to submit answers to questions given.
One of the questions I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and found tutorials on how to solve this problem. I should make it explicit the direct answer was not part of the video, however, using the same method I could substitute my values and get the correct answer.
I may be accused of plagiarism and apparently, my use of the video was unfair and plagiarism. I suspect it's because I used the same symbols which in retrospect I could have, should have changed however I still feel this is unjustified and comparable to applying the chain rule or any other mathematical principle taught through the increasingly powerful use of the internet.
Do you think there are ground to challenge this? I thought I was doing my due diligence sourcing methods, not direct answers.
Do you think this fair?
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I'd want to get perspective on what I feel is an unjustified case of academic misconduct.
I am taking a mathematics subject and part of my assignment was to submit answers to questions given.
One of the questions I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and found tutorials on how to solve this problem. I should make it explicit the direct answer was not part of the video, however, using the same method I could substitute my values and get the correct answer.
I may be accused of plagiarism and apparently, my use of the video was unfair and plagiarism. I suspect it's because I used the same symbols which in retrospect I could have, should have changed however I still feel this is unjustified and comparable to applying the chain rule or any other mathematical principle taught through the increasingly powerful use of the internet.
Do you think there are ground to challenge this? I thought I was doing my due diligence sourcing methods, not direct answers.
Do you think this fair?
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Welcome to Academia.SE. Whether we think this is fair seems less important. What policies for the course were in place? At my undergraduate institution, what you did would have been find as long as we cited the YouTube video and how it helped us. Could you clarify whether or not there were course policies at play here? Was this a take-home test or homework?
– SecretAgentMan
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Is there such a thing as justified academic misconduct? ;-)
– Flyto
7 hours ago
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Would it be possible that another student, or several, watched the same video, and followed along plugging in the same parameters?
– Rogem
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Have you actually been accused of academic misconduct, or are you talking about hypotheticals here?
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I'd want to get perspective on what I feel is an unjustified case of academic misconduct.
I am taking a mathematics subject and part of my assignment was to submit answers to questions given.
One of the questions I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and found tutorials on how to solve this problem. I should make it explicit the direct answer was not part of the video, however, using the same method I could substitute my values and get the correct answer.
I may be accused of plagiarism and apparently, my use of the video was unfair and plagiarism. I suspect it's because I used the same symbols which in retrospect I could have, should have changed however I still feel this is unjustified and comparable to applying the chain rule or any other mathematical principle taught through the increasingly powerful use of the internet.
Do you think there are ground to challenge this? I thought I was doing my due diligence sourcing methods, not direct answers.
Do you think this fair?
cheating
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I'd want to get perspective on what I feel is an unjustified case of academic misconduct.
I am taking a mathematics subject and part of my assignment was to submit answers to questions given.
One of the questions I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and found tutorials on how to solve this problem. I should make it explicit the direct answer was not part of the video, however, using the same method I could substitute my values and get the correct answer.
I may be accused of plagiarism and apparently, my use of the video was unfair and plagiarism. I suspect it's because I used the same symbols which in retrospect I could have, should have changed however I still feel this is unjustified and comparable to applying the chain rule or any other mathematical principle taught through the increasingly powerful use of the internet.
Do you think there are ground to challenge this? I thought I was doing my due diligence sourcing methods, not direct answers.
Do you think this fair?
cheating
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Welcome to Academia.SE. Whether we think this is fair seems less important. What policies for the course were in place? At my undergraduate institution, what you did would have been find as long as we cited the YouTube video and how it helped us. Could you clarify whether or not there were course policies at play here? Was this a take-home test or homework?
– SecretAgentMan
7 hours ago
9
Is there such a thing as justified academic misconduct? ;-)
– Flyto
7 hours ago
1
Would it be possible that another student, or several, watched the same video, and followed along plugging in the same parameters?
– Rogem
5 hours ago
11
Have you actually been accused of academic misconduct, or are you talking about hypotheticals here?
– Bryan Krause
5 hours ago
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5
Welcome to Academia.SE. Whether we think this is fair seems less important. What policies for the course were in place? At my undergraduate institution, what you did would have been find as long as we cited the YouTube video and how it helped us. Could you clarify whether or not there were course policies at play here? Was this a take-home test or homework?
– SecretAgentMan
7 hours ago
9
Is there such a thing as justified academic misconduct? ;-)
– Flyto
7 hours ago
1
Would it be possible that another student, or several, watched the same video, and followed along plugging in the same parameters?
– Rogem
5 hours ago
11
Have you actually been accused of academic misconduct, or are you talking about hypotheticals here?
– Bryan Krause
5 hours ago
5
5
Welcome to Academia.SE. Whether we think this is fair seems less important. What policies for the course were in place? At my undergraduate institution, what you did would have been find as long as we cited the YouTube video and how it helped us. Could you clarify whether or not there were course policies at play here? Was this a take-home test or homework?
– SecretAgentMan
7 hours ago
Welcome to Academia.SE. Whether we think this is fair seems less important. What policies for the course were in place? At my undergraduate institution, what you did would have been find as long as we cited the YouTube video and how it helped us. Could you clarify whether or not there were course policies at play here? Was this a take-home test or homework?
– SecretAgentMan
7 hours ago
9
9
Is there such a thing as justified academic misconduct? ;-)
– Flyto
7 hours ago
Is there such a thing as justified academic misconduct? ;-)
– Flyto
7 hours ago
1
1
Would it be possible that another student, or several, watched the same video, and followed along plugging in the same parameters?
– Rogem
5 hours ago
Would it be possible that another student, or several, watched the same video, and followed along plugging in the same parameters?
– Rogem
5 hours ago
11
11
Have you actually been accused of academic misconduct, or are you talking about hypotheticals here?
– Bryan Krause
5 hours ago
Have you actually been accused of academic misconduct, or are you talking about hypotheticals here?
– Bryan Krause
5 hours ago
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Whatever it was, it wasn't plagiarism. Whether it was within the rules set by your professor is another question. But, assuming that the rules permitted online research to answer the question, then that is all you did. You will have to judge conformance to the rules of your course.
If someone has accused you of plagiarism they are probably using the word incorrectly. That doesn't mean, of course, that you aren't without fault. That is for you and others to judge.
Using the same symbols in mathematics can hardly be faulted in any case, as many of them are standardized and used in the same way throughout mathematics. They might, however, have been a tip-off that you went outside the allowed bounds.
But, for your own educational progress, I hope you don't go to the web too soon to get such questions answered. Struggling with a problem expands your mind in a way very different from finding a solution or a solution framework. If you want to be a mathematician, you need to develop that skill.
Note that exercises given in almost every course, aren't given for the purpose of finding an answer. The professor already has the answer. The purpose is to help you grow your mental abilities. Work on the hard problems. If you want to learn more, work on harder problems.
answered 8 hours ago
Buffy
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It is unclear whether the OP went "to the web too soon." It seems like they studied a method to solve the problem on the web.
– user2768
8 hours ago
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@user2768, I didn't make a claim that they did. I recommend that students don't.
– Buffy
7 hours ago
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I did not jump on the web immediately to attempt to solve the problem. I did reflect on my lecture content, looked at my tutorial discussions and did try to formulate steps to the final answer. In the end I used the internet as an outlet to try and understand how a problem like this can be solved but I do admit I didn't linger on this question for hours wondering, thinking. Perhaps I moved on too quickly, I still don't think this justifies this punishment.
– Goofer
7 hours ago
@Buffy Your phrasing includes "your [educational progress]" and "[I hope] you" which is somewhat suggestive of fault on the OP's part, a minor edit should clarify
– user2768
7 hours ago
This started out as an answer and ended with a tangential lecture
– Clay07g
5 hours ago
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...I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and found tutorials on how to solve this problem...using the same method I could substitute my values and get the correct answer.
That is not plagiarism, that is learning: You were given a problem, you found a method that could be used to solve your problem, and you applied the method to your problem. That's exactly how we learn.
By analogy, suppose I'm asked to find the area of a circle, but I don't know how. So, I search the internet and discover that the area of a circle is À·r2. Now I'm able to apply what I've learnt to solve the problem (assuming I know the radius r or diameter 2·r). That's how we learn, that's not plagiarism.
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Also, basic techniques like these don't normally need to be cited. If you use some obscure, advanced theorem that came out last year, then you should cite that, even in homework. For some techniques, it helps to name the rule (e.g. step 5: use L'Hopital's rule [work]), but you wouldn't need a formal bibliographic citation.
– Robert Columbia
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I concur with @user2768 's answer. What you did was fine, unless the assignment specified "don't look anything up".
I think what you should have done was include in your submission exactly what you told us here:
I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and
found tutorials on how to solve this problem.
with a reference to the link that helped you.
Had you done so the worst case would be an accusation that you misinterpreted the rules (which may not have been clearly stated), not that you cheated in any way.
This is what I provide my students for guidance: https://www.cs.umb.edu/~eb/honesty/
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Whatever it was, it wasn't plagiarism. Whether it was within the rules set by your professor is another question. But, assuming that the rules permitted online research to answer the question, then that is all you did. You will have to judge conformance to the rules of your course.
If someone has accused you of plagiarism they are probably using the word incorrectly. That doesn't mean, of course, that you aren't without fault. That is for you and others to judge.
Using the same symbols in mathematics can hardly be faulted in any case, as many of them are standardized and used in the same way throughout mathematics. They might, however, have been a tip-off that you went outside the allowed bounds.
But, for your own educational progress, I hope you don't go to the web too soon to get such questions answered. Struggling with a problem expands your mind in a way very different from finding a solution or a solution framework. If you want to be a mathematician, you need to develop that skill.
Note that exercises given in almost every course, aren't given for the purpose of finding an answer. The professor already has the answer. The purpose is to help you grow your mental abilities. Work on the hard problems. If you want to learn more, work on harder problems.
answered 8 hours ago
Buffy
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It is unclear whether the OP went "to the web too soon." It seems like they studied a method to solve the problem on the web.
– user2768
8 hours ago
3
@user2768, I didn't make a claim that they did. I recommend that students don't.
– Buffy
7 hours ago
1
I did not jump on the web immediately to attempt to solve the problem. I did reflect on my lecture content, looked at my tutorial discussions and did try to formulate steps to the final answer. In the end I used the internet as an outlet to try and understand how a problem like this can be solved but I do admit I didn't linger on this question for hours wondering, thinking. Perhaps I moved on too quickly, I still don't think this justifies this punishment.
– Goofer
7 hours ago
@Buffy Your phrasing includes "your [educational progress]" and "[I hope] you" which is somewhat suggestive of fault on the OP's part, a minor edit should clarify
– user2768
7 hours ago
This started out as an answer and ended with a tangential lecture
– Clay07g
5 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
19
down vote
Whatever it was, it wasn't plagiarism. Whether it was within the rules set by your professor is another question. But, assuming that the rules permitted online research to answer the question, then that is all you did. You will have to judge conformance to the rules of your course.
If someone has accused you of plagiarism they are probably using the word incorrectly. That doesn't mean, of course, that you aren't without fault. That is for you and others to judge.
Using the same symbols in mathematics can hardly be faulted in any case, as many of them are standardized and used in the same way throughout mathematics. They might, however, have been a tip-off that you went outside the allowed bounds.
But, for your own educational progress, I hope you don't go to the web too soon to get such questions answered. Struggling with a problem expands your mind in a way very different from finding a solution or a solution framework. If you want to be a mathematician, you need to develop that skill.
Note that exercises given in almost every course, aren't given for the purpose of finding an answer. The professor already has the answer. The purpose is to help you grow your mental abilities. Work on the hard problems. If you want to learn more, work on harder problems.
answered 8 hours ago
Buffy
23.2k673132
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It is unclear whether the OP went "to the web too soon." It seems like they studied a method to solve the problem on the web.
– user2768
8 hours ago
3
@user2768, I didn't make a claim that they did. I recommend that students don't.
– Buffy
7 hours ago
1
I did not jump on the web immediately to attempt to solve the problem. I did reflect on my lecture content, looked at my tutorial discussions and did try to formulate steps to the final answer. In the end I used the internet as an outlet to try and understand how a problem like this can be solved but I do admit I didn't linger on this question for hours wondering, thinking. Perhaps I moved on too quickly, I still don't think this justifies this punishment.
– Goofer
7 hours ago
@Buffy Your phrasing includes "your [educational progress]" and "[I hope] you" which is somewhat suggestive of fault on the OP's part, a minor edit should clarify
– user2768
7 hours ago
This started out as an answer and ended with a tangential lecture
– Clay07g
5 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
19
down vote
up vote
19
down vote
Whatever it was, it wasn't plagiarism. Whether it was within the rules set by your professor is another question. But, assuming that the rules permitted online research to answer the question, then that is all you did. You will have to judge conformance to the rules of your course.
If someone has accused you of plagiarism they are probably using the word incorrectly. That doesn't mean, of course, that you aren't without fault. That is for you and others to judge.
Using the same symbols in mathematics can hardly be faulted in any case, as many of them are standardized and used in the same way throughout mathematics. They might, however, have been a tip-off that you went outside the allowed bounds.
But, for your own educational progress, I hope you don't go to the web too soon to get such questions answered. Struggling with a problem expands your mind in a way very different from finding a solution or a solution framework. If you want to be a mathematician, you need to develop that skill.
Note that exercises given in almost every course, aren't given for the purpose of finding an answer. The professor already has the answer. The purpose is to help you grow your mental abilities. Work on the hard problems. If you want to learn more, work on harder problems.
answered 8 hours ago
Buffy
23.2k673132
Whatever it was, it wasn't plagiarism. Whether it was within the rules set by your professor is another question. But, assuming that the rules permitted online research to answer the question, then that is all you did. You will have to judge conformance to the rules of your course.
If someone has accused you of plagiarism they are probably using the word incorrectly. That doesn't mean, of course, that you aren't without fault. That is for you and others to judge.
Using the same symbols in mathematics can hardly be faulted in any case, as many of them are standardized and used in the same way throughout mathematics. They might, however, have been a tip-off that you went outside the allowed bounds.
But, for your own educational progress, I hope you don't go to the web too soon to get such questions answered. Struggling with a problem expands your mind in a way very different from finding a solution or a solution framework. If you want to be a mathematician, you need to develop that skill.
Note that exercises given in almost every course, aren't given for the purpose of finding an answer. The professor already has the answer. The purpose is to help you grow your mental abilities. Work on the hard problems. If you want to learn more, work on harder problems.
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Buffy
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answered 8 hours ago
Buffy
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It is unclear whether the OP went "to the web too soon." It seems like they studied a method to solve the problem on the web.
– user2768
8 hours ago
3
@user2768, I didn't make a claim that they did. I recommend that students don't.
– Buffy
7 hours ago
1
I did not jump on the web immediately to attempt to solve the problem. I did reflect on my lecture content, looked at my tutorial discussions and did try to formulate steps to the final answer. In the end I used the internet as an outlet to try and understand how a problem like this can be solved but I do admit I didn't linger on this question for hours wondering, thinking. Perhaps I moved on too quickly, I still don't think this justifies this punishment.
– Goofer
7 hours ago
@Buffy Your phrasing includes "your [educational progress]" and "[I hope] you" which is somewhat suggestive of fault on the OP's part, a minor edit should clarify
– user2768
7 hours ago
This started out as an answer and ended with a tangential lecture
– Clay07g
5 hours ago
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It is unclear whether the OP went "to the web too soon." It seems like they studied a method to solve the problem on the web.
– user2768
8 hours ago
3
@user2768, I didn't make a claim that they did. I recommend that students don't.
– Buffy
7 hours ago
1
I did not jump on the web immediately to attempt to solve the problem. I did reflect on my lecture content, looked at my tutorial discussions and did try to formulate steps to the final answer. In the end I used the internet as an outlet to try and understand how a problem like this can be solved but I do admit I didn't linger on this question for hours wondering, thinking. Perhaps I moved on too quickly, I still don't think this justifies this punishment.
– Goofer
7 hours ago
@Buffy Your phrasing includes "your [educational progress]" and "[I hope] you" which is somewhat suggestive of fault on the OP's part, a minor edit should clarify
– user2768
7 hours ago
This started out as an answer and ended with a tangential lecture
– Clay07g
5 hours ago
3
3
It is unclear whether the OP went "to the web too soon." It seems like they studied a method to solve the problem on the web.
– user2768
8 hours ago
It is unclear whether the OP went "to the web too soon." It seems like they studied a method to solve the problem on the web.
– user2768
8 hours ago
3
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@user2768, I didn't make a claim that they did. I recommend that students don't.
– Buffy
7 hours ago
@user2768, I didn't make a claim that they did. I recommend that students don't.
– Buffy
7 hours ago
1
1
I did not jump on the web immediately to attempt to solve the problem. I did reflect on my lecture content, looked at my tutorial discussions and did try to formulate steps to the final answer. In the end I used the internet as an outlet to try and understand how a problem like this can be solved but I do admit I didn't linger on this question for hours wondering, thinking. Perhaps I moved on too quickly, I still don't think this justifies this punishment.
– Goofer
7 hours ago
I did not jump on the web immediately to attempt to solve the problem. I did reflect on my lecture content, looked at my tutorial discussions and did try to formulate steps to the final answer. In the end I used the internet as an outlet to try and understand how a problem like this can be solved but I do admit I didn't linger on this question for hours wondering, thinking. Perhaps I moved on too quickly, I still don't think this justifies this punishment.
– Goofer
7 hours ago
@Buffy Your phrasing includes "your [educational progress]" and "[I hope] you" which is somewhat suggestive of fault on the OP's part, a minor edit should clarify
– user2768
7 hours ago
@Buffy Your phrasing includes "your [educational progress]" and "[I hope] you" which is somewhat suggestive of fault on the OP's part, a minor edit should clarify
– user2768
7 hours ago
This started out as an answer and ended with a tangential lecture
– Clay07g
5 hours ago
This started out as an answer and ended with a tangential lecture
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5 hours ago
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...I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and found tutorials on how to solve this problem...using the same method I could substitute my values and get the correct answer.
That is not plagiarism, that is learning: You were given a problem, you found a method that could be used to solve your problem, and you applied the method to your problem. That's exactly how we learn.
By analogy, suppose I'm asked to find the area of a circle, but I don't know how. So, I search the internet and discover that the area of a circle is À·r2. Now I'm able to apply what I've learnt to solve the problem (assuming I know the radius r or diameter 2·r). That's how we learn, that's not plagiarism.
edited 7 hours ago
Buffy
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answered 8 hours ago
user2768
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Also, basic techniques like these don't normally need to be cited. If you use some obscure, advanced theorem that came out last year, then you should cite that, even in homework. For some techniques, it helps to name the rule (e.g. step 5: use L'Hopital's rule [work]), but you wouldn't need a formal bibliographic citation.
– Robert Columbia
6 hours ago
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up vote
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...I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and found tutorials on how to solve this problem...using the same method I could substitute my values and get the correct answer.
That is not plagiarism, that is learning: You were given a problem, you found a method that could be used to solve your problem, and you applied the method to your problem. That's exactly how we learn.
By analogy, suppose I'm asked to find the area of a circle, but I don't know how. So, I search the internet and discover that the area of a circle is À·r2. Now I'm able to apply what I've learnt to solve the problem (assuming I know the radius r or diameter 2·r). That's how we learn, that's not plagiarism.
edited 7 hours ago
Buffy
23.2k673132
answered 8 hours ago
user2768
7,33012338
2
Also, basic techniques like these don't normally need to be cited. If you use some obscure, advanced theorem that came out last year, then you should cite that, even in homework. For some techniques, it helps to name the rule (e.g. step 5: use L'Hopital's rule [work]), but you wouldn't need a formal bibliographic citation.
– Robert Columbia
6 hours ago
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up vote
15
down vote
up vote
15
down vote
...I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and found tutorials on how to solve this problem...using the same method I could substitute my values and get the correct answer.
That is not plagiarism, that is learning: You were given a problem, you found a method that could be used to solve your problem, and you applied the method to your problem. That's exactly how we learn.
By analogy, suppose I'm asked to find the area of a circle, but I don't know how. So, I search the internet and discover that the area of a circle is À·r2. Now I'm able to apply what I've learnt to solve the problem (assuming I know the radius r or diameter 2·r). That's how we learn, that's not plagiarism.
edited 7 hours ago
Buffy
23.2k673132
answered 8 hours ago
user2768
7,33012338
...I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and found tutorials on how to solve this problem...using the same method I could substitute my values and get the correct answer.
That is not plagiarism, that is learning: You were given a problem, you found a method that could be used to solve your problem, and you applied the method to your problem. That's exactly how we learn.
By analogy, suppose I'm asked to find the area of a circle, but I don't know how. So, I search the internet and discover that the area of a circle is À·r2. Now I'm able to apply what I've learnt to solve the problem (assuming I know the radius r or diameter 2·r). That's how we learn, that's not plagiarism.
edited 7 hours ago
Buffy
23.2k673132
answered 8 hours ago
user2768
7,33012338
edited 7 hours ago
Buffy
23.2k673132
edited 7 hours ago
Buffy
23.2k673132
edited 7 hours ago
Buffy
23.2k673132
23.2k673132
answered 8 hours ago
user2768
7,33012338
answered 8 hours ago
user2768
7,33012338
answered 8 hours ago
user2768
7,33012338
7,33012338
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Also, basic techniques like these don't normally need to be cited. If you use some obscure, advanced theorem that came out last year, then you should cite that, even in homework. For some techniques, it helps to name the rule (e.g. step 5: use L'Hopital's rule [work]), but you wouldn't need a formal bibliographic citation.
– Robert Columbia
6 hours ago
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Also, basic techniques like these don't normally need to be cited. If you use some obscure, advanced theorem that came out last year, then you should cite that, even in homework. For some techniques, it helps to name the rule (e.g. step 5: use L'Hopital's rule [work]), but you wouldn't need a formal bibliographic citation.
– Robert Columbia
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Also, basic techniques like these don't normally need to be cited. If you use some obscure, advanced theorem that came out last year, then you should cite that, even in homework. For some techniques, it helps to name the rule (e.g. step 5: use L'Hopital's rule [work]), but you wouldn't need a formal bibliographic citation.
– Robert Columbia
6 hours ago
Also, basic techniques like these don't normally need to be cited. If you use some obscure, advanced theorem that came out last year, then you should cite that, even in homework. For some techniques, it helps to name the rule (e.g. step 5: use L'Hopital's rule [work]), but you wouldn't need a formal bibliographic citation.
– Robert Columbia
6 hours ago
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I concur with @user2768 's answer. What you did was fine, unless the assignment specified "don't look anything up".
I think what you should have done was include in your submission exactly what you told us here:
I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and
found tutorials on how to solve this problem.
with a reference to the link that helped you.
Had you done so the worst case would be an accusation that you misinterpreted the rules (which may not have been clearly stated), not that you cheated in any way.
This is what I provide my students for guidance: https://www.cs.umb.edu/~eb/honesty/
answered 4 hours ago
Ethan Bolker
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I like the guidance you provide to your students. What made you compose it? Were university policies insufficient?
– St. Inkbug
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I concur with @user2768 's answer. What you did was fine, unless the assignment specified "don't look anything up".
I think what you should have done was include in your submission exactly what you told us here:
I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and
found tutorials on how to solve this problem.
with a reference to the link that helped you.
Had you done so the worst case would be an accusation that you misinterpreted the rules (which may not have been clearly stated), not that you cheated in any way.
This is what I provide my students for guidance: https://www.cs.umb.edu/~eb/honesty/
answered 4 hours ago
Ethan Bolker
3,0821016
I like the guidance you provide to your students. What made you compose it? Were university policies insufficient?
– St. Inkbug
4 mins ago
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up vote
4
down vote
up vote
4
down vote
I concur with @user2768 's answer. What you did was fine, unless the assignment specified "don't look anything up".
I think what you should have done was include in your submission exactly what you told us here:
I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and
found tutorials on how to solve this problem.
with a reference to the link that helped you.
Had you done so the worst case would be an accusation that you misinterpreted the rules (which may not have been clearly stated), not that you cheated in any way.
This is what I provide my students for guidance: https://www.cs.umb.edu/~eb/honesty/
answered 4 hours ago
Ethan Bolker
3,0821016
I concur with @user2768 's answer. What you did was fine, unless the assignment specified "don't look anything up".
I think what you should have done was include in your submission exactly what you told us here:
I was unsure of what method I should apply, I searched on youtube and
found tutorials on how to solve this problem.
with a reference to the link that helped you.
Had you done so the worst case would be an accusation that you misinterpreted the rules (which may not have been clearly stated), not that you cheated in any way.
This is what I provide my students for guidance: https://www.cs.umb.edu/~eb/honesty/
answered 4 hours ago
Ethan Bolker
3,0821016
answered 4 hours ago
Ethan Bolker
3,0821016
answered 4 hours ago
Ethan Bolker
3,0821016
answered 4 hours ago
Ethan Bolker
3,0821016
3,0821016
I like the guidance you provide to your students. What made you compose it? Were university policies insufficient?
– St. Inkbug
4 mins ago
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I like the guidance you provide to your students. What made you compose it? Were university policies insufficient?
– St. Inkbug
4 mins ago
I like the guidance you provide to your students. What made you compose it? Were university policies insufficient?
– St. Inkbug
4 mins ago
I like the guidance you provide to your students. What made you compose it? Were university policies insufficient?
– St. Inkbug
4 mins ago
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Welcome to Academia.SE. Whether we think this is fair seems less important. What policies for the course were in place? At my undergraduate institution, what you did would have been find as long as we cited the YouTube video and how it helped us. Could you clarify whether or not there were course policies at play here? Was this a take-home test or homework?
– SecretAgentMan
7 hours ago
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Is there such a thing as justified academic misconduct? ;-)
– Flyto
7 hours ago
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Would it be possible that another student, or several, watched the same video, and followed along plugging in the same parameters?
– Rogem
5 hours ago
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Have you actually been accused of academic misconduct, or are you talking about hypotheticals here?
– Bryan Krause
5 hours ago