Can markers detect contract cheating? Results from a pilot study

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 286-293

  Dawson, Phillip ^a   Sutherland Smith, Wendy ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; Assessment; Contract cheating; Marking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020182000     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2017.1336746     Document Type: Article

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