Psst, have you ever cheated? a study of academic dishonesty in Sweden

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-376

  Trost, Kari ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Cheating; Plagiarism; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955563438     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930801956067     Document Type: Article

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