Making first-year tutorials count: Operationalizing the assessment-learning connection

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 94-105

  Macmillan, John ^a   Mclean, Monica J ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active learning; argumentation; feedback; formative assessment; information technology; reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247652699     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787405054235     Document Type: Article

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