Oral presentation and assessment skills in engineering education

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 926-935

  Marin Garcia, Juan A ^a   Miralles, Cristóbal ^a   Marín, Maria Paz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agreement among markers; Oral presentations; Peer assessment; Reliability of the assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149111381     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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