Can training improve marker accuracy at detecting contract cheating? A multi-disciplinary pre-post study

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 715-725

  Dawson, Phillip ^a   Sutherland Smith, Wendy ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; assessment; cheating; contract cheating; marking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056131151     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2018.1531109     Document Type: Article

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