Peering into large lectures: Examining peer and expert mark agreement using peerScholar, an online peer assessment tool

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 526-540

  Pare D E ^a   Joordens, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Expert marking; Grading; Peer assessment; PeerScholar online; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149093434     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2008.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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