An examination of the effects of a short course aimed at enabling teachers in infant, junior and secondary schools to alter the verbal feedback given to their pupils

Educational Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-129

  Swinson, Jeremy ^a   Harrop, Alex ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Short course; Teachers; Verbal feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944399075     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690500095316     Document Type: Article

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