University students' perceptions of and attitudes toward (online) peer assessment

Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-44

  Wen, Meichun Lydia ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Instrument development; Internet; Online peer assessment; Peer assessment; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 31444456024     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6375-8     Document Type: Article

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