Developing employability skills: Peer assessment in higher education

Education and Training

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 508-517

  Cassidy, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Employment; Skills; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748786820     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910610705890     Document Type: Article

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