When doing research, Wiki is a terrible reference, but it might be very useful in a classroom. Since the whole point of a Wiki is that many people can contribute, it becomes easy for anyone to go in and change any material that the article may have posted, even if it's wrong! This is what makes Wiki a bad reference because there is no way to be certain what information is coming from a reliable source.
But, while it is not useful for a reference, it would be very useful to set up a Wiki and have it become a class project with all the students researching and collaborating. This could cause the students to gain a great amount of knowledge about a subject. Monitoring would be needed, by all means, but it could become a great group or class project.
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