Turning to Turnitin to Fight Plagiarism among University Students

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Batane, Tshepo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Assignments; Plagiarism; Social cognitive theory; Turnitin

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954256634     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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