Evaluation of an intervention to help students avoid unintentional plagiarism by improving their authorial identity

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-171

  Elander, James ^a   Pittam, Gail ^b   Lusher, Joanne ^c   Fox, Pauline ^d   Payne, Nicola ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic literacy; Authorial identity; Authorship; Plagiarism; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955565083     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930802687745     Document Type: Article

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