Academic integrity: a quantitative study of confidence and understanding in students at the start of their higher education

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 482-497

  Newton, Philip ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic integrity; collusion; essay mill; plagiarism; referencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961320267     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2015.1024199     Document Type: Article

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