A 5-year systematic strategy to reduce plagiarism among first-year psychology university students

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-21

  Owens, Caleb ^a   White, Fiona A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructive feedback; Plagiarism reduction; Tertiary students; Writing quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873422156     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajpy.12005     Document Type: Article

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