'I'm entitled to make mistakes and get corrected': students' self positioning in inquiries into academic conduct.
Many studies show that students self-report to having bought, downloaded and ghostwritten essays, as well as to failing to attribute quoted material and other similar actions. These actions are all classified as plagiarism, and based on this classification these students are positioned as cheaters....
| Published in: | Critical Discourse Studies Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 127 - 153 |
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