Rather, it is to clarify what we mean by plagiarism as it applies to lab reports. If you have any uncertainty about what might or might not be regarded as plagiarism, please discuss this with your instructor before submitting a report. Plagiarism is the submission as your own work material that was actually prepared by someone else. The most common form of plagiarism involves the copying sections or statements directly from the literature without proper citation. Even if citations are included, it is not appropriate to construct a discussion section by appending direct quotations from others.
Plagiarism also includes collaboration on the organization and phrasing of laboratory reports.
Since you will be working together on the generation of data, it is acceptable for all members of a lab team to submit identical figures and tables in your reports. However, the introduction, procedures, figure legends, and discussion sections of your report must be prepared individually . If an instructor feels that there is an instance of plagiarism on a report, each student involved will be given one warning . A second instance of plagiarism will result in automatic failure for the course. If an instructor detects an instance of cheating on any quiz, the student involved will receive a 0 for the Individual Performance portion of their overall grade.