e-Assessment for learning? The potential of short-answer free-text questions with tailored feedback

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-385

  Jordan, Sally ^a   Mitchell, Tom ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Open University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TASKS; NATURAL LANGUAGES; STUDENT RESPONSE;

STUDENTS;

EID: 60349104573     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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