Internet plagiarism in higher education: tendencies, triggering factors and reasons among teacher candidates

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1002-1016

  Eret, Esra ^a   Ok, Ahmet ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

academic dishonesty; academic integrity; higher education; Internet plagiarism; teacher candidates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926099134     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2014.880776     Document Type: Article

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