From traditional accountability to shared responsibility: The benefits and challenges of student consultants gathering midcourse feedback in college classrooms

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-241

  Cook Sather, Alison ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Dialogue; Midcourse feedback; Responsibility; Student voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449568378     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930801956042     Document Type: Article

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