IBEC Academic Honesty & Integrity 2

Question 1

Which of the following referencing skills is MOST important for IB teachers to explicitly teach students to prevent unintentional plagiarism?

Accepted Answer

How to distinguish between common knowledge and ideas requiring citation

Answer

Teaching students to identify what constitutes common knowledge versus ideas that need attribution is foundational to preventing unintentional plagiarism.

Question 2

The IB learner profile attribute most directly aligned with academic honesty is:

Accepted Answer

Principled

Answer

Being 'Principled' in the IB Learner Profile means acting with integrity and honesty, which directly underpins academic honesty expectations.

Question 3

A student uses an AI writing tool to generate part of their Internal Assessment without disclosure. According to current IB policy, this would most likely be treated as:

Accepted Answer

A form of academic misconduct

Answer

IB policy requires authentic student authorship; undisclosed use of AI-generated text in assessments constitutes academic misconduct.

Question 4

Which strategy BEST supports the development of academic integrity in IB students over time?

Accepted Answer

Embedding research, citation, and ethical reasoning skills into everyday teaching

Answer

IB promotes an ongoing, curriculum-embedded approach to building integrity skills rather than one-off compliance activities.

Question 5

What is the IB's position on the use of plagiarism detection software such as Turnitin?

Accepted Answer

It is one useful tool but cannot replace a culture of academic integrity

Answer

IB acknowledges plagiarism detection tools as useful supports but stresses that building a culture of integrity is more important than reliance on detection technology.

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IBEC Academic Honesty & Integrity 2