The illusory dichotomy of plagiarism

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 982-995

  Stuhmcke, Anita ^a   Booth, Tracey ^a   Wangmann, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academics; educational development; ethics; plagiarism; university

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931071532     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2015.1053428     Document Type: Article

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