Rethinking exams and letter grades: How much can teachers delegate to students?

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-280

  Kitchen, Elizabeth ^a   King, Summer H ^a   Robison, Diane F ^a   Sudweeks, Richard R ^a   Bradshaw, William S ^a   Bell, John D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; TEACHER;

ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 33750059767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.05-11-0123     Document Type: Article

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