Peer assessment of individual contributions to a group project: Student perceptions

Radiography

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-165

  Kench, Peter L ^a   Field, Nikki ^a   Agudera, Maila ^a   Gill, Margo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Group projects; Group work; Peer assessment; Peer evaluation; Student perceptions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

EID: 62749090983     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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