Peer and self-assessment for first-year students as a tool to improve learning

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 346-352

  Van Hattum Janssen, Natascha ^a   Loureņo, Júlia Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Europe; Students; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

ACTIVE LEARNING; ASSESSMENT METHODS; ENGINEERING COURSES; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING TEACHERS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN; FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED; LEARNING PROCESSES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOFT SKILLS; TEACHING METHODS;

TEACHING;

EID: 52949145233     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2008)134:4(346)     Document Type: Article

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