Cheating and plagiarism: Perceptions and practices of first year IT students

Proceedings of the Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiSCE)

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 183-187

  Sheard, Judy ^a   Dick, Martin ^a   Markham, Selby ^a   Macdonald, Ian ^b   Walsh, Meaghan ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cheating; Information technology; Plagiarism; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION; INTERNET; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

PLAGIARISM; ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT; CHEATING; UNDERGRADUATES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; EDUCATION;

EID: 0038816900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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