Student dishonesty in the face of assessment: Who, why, and what we can do about it

Handbook of Human and Social Conditions in Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 186-203

  Murdock, Tamera B ^a   Stephens, Jason M ^b   Grotewiel, Morgan M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315749136-18     Document Type: Chapter

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