The conscientious consumer: Reconsidering the role of assessment feedback in student learning

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-64

  Higgins, Richard ^a   Hartley, Peter ^a   Skelton, Alan ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036486748     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070120099368     Document Type: Article

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