Wikipedia improves students' work: Students become much more concerned with accuracy when their research is posted online, study finds

ScienceDaily (2011-06-06) -- 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.