Students' assessment preferences, perceptions of assessment and their relationships to study results

Higher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 645-658

  Van De Watering, Gerard ^a   Gijbels, David ^b   Dochy, Filip ^c   Van Der Rijt, Janine ^d  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; New learning environments; Perception; Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949159143     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9116-6     Document Type: Article

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