‘Just turn to us’: the persuasive features of contract cheating websites

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 652-665

  Rowland, Susan ^a   Slade, Christine ^a   Wong, Kai Sheng ^a   Whiting, Brooke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; Contract cheating; integrity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032025259     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2017.1391948     Document Type: Article

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