Is it cheating or learning the craft of writing? Using Turnitin to help students avoid plagiarism

Research in Learning Technology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Graham Matheson, Lynne ^a   Starr, Simon ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Higher education; Plagiarism; Turnitin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893831259     PISSN: 21567069     EISSN: 21567077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v21i0.17218     Document Type: Article

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