Negotiating assignment pathways: Students and academic assignments

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-435

  McDowell, Liz ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assignments; Student learning; Student writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349122219     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510802169699     Document Type: Article

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