Evaluating written feedback

Innovative Assessment in Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 81-91

  Brown, Evelyn ^b   Glover, Chris ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 34250028953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203969670     Document Type: Chapter

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