Exploring academic misconduct: Some insights into student behaviour

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-108

  Perry, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic misconduct; Collusion; Higher education; Plagiarism; Student perceptions; Student typologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954462059     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787410365657     Document Type: Article

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