How well do students really understand plagiarism?

ASCILITE 2005 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 457-467

  Marshall, Dr Stephen ^a   Garry, Dr Maryanne ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Copyright; Intellectual property; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; PLAGIARISM; STUDENT ATTITUDES;

COPYRIGHTS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77952201476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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