Plagiarism on the rise? Combating contract cheating in science courses

International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 16-24

  O'Malley, Michael ^a   Roberts, Tim S ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cheat sites; Contract cheating; Online auctions; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876447561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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