Evaluating an electronic plagiarism detection service: The importance of trust and the difficulty of proving students don't cheat

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-99

  Evans, Robert ^a  

^a Glamorgan Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cut and paste culture; electronic plagiarism detection service; plagiarism; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990323690     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787406061150     Document Type: Article

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