David Gardner

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Why do students plagiarise?

It seems a fairly universal phenomenon. But I wonder why they do it? Any views?

09 September 2015 426 18 View

If one goal of a university education is to make students more autonomous (and for me it is) how do you measure increasing autonomy?

Becoming autonomous seems an important part of education but it is difficult to demonstrate it happens without finding a way to measure the change.

09 September 2015 8,209 10 View

How important is learner autonomy?

To what extent do learners get a better educational experience when they take control of/responsibility for their own learning?

06 June 2015 6,618 37 View

How important is the socialisation that takes place during a university education for a student's future?

It seems to be a very western tradition to regard the socialisation opportunities provided during a university education as an important part of that education. But from a piece of research I'm...

04 April 2015 7,202 0 View

Do open-access plagiarism checkers teach students how to avoid plagiarism or how to disguise plagiarism?

I see some evidence that allowing students to see the plagiarism checker reports and then resubmit, results in a lot of tweaking of text rather than learning about plagiarism free writing.

04 April 2015 4,481 11 View