Wikipedia improves students' work

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 09:01 in Psychology & Sociology

A student writing an essay for their teacher may be tempted to plagiarize or leave facts unchecked. A new study shows that if you ask that same student to write something that will be posted on Wikipedia, he or she suddenly becomes determined to make the work as accurate as possible, and may actually do better research.

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