The relationship between students' perceptions of portfolio assessment practice and their approaches to learning

Educational Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-44

  Segers, Mien ^a   Gijbels, David ^b   Thurlings, Marieke ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Learning approaches; Perceptions; Portfolio

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349094568     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690701785269     Document Type: Article

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