Students' approaches to learning and assessment preferences in a portfolio-based learning environment

Instructional Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6 EFFECTS OF CONSTR, 2008, Pages 359-374

  Baeten, Marlies ^a   Dochy, Filip ^a   Struyven, Katrien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Approaches to learning; Assessment preferences; Learning outcomes; Portfolio assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749105019     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-008-9060-y     Document Type: Article

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