Students' evaluation of the use of online summative assessment on an undergraduate financial accounting module

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-254

  Marriott, Pru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTINGS; FOCUS GROUPS; INNOVATIVE ASSESSMENTS; LEARNING OUTCOMES; MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; QUALITATIVE STUDIES; TEACHING/LEARNING;

EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

STUDENTS;

EID: 60349114233     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00924.x     Document Type: Article

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