Introducing a learning portfolio in an undergraduate financial accounting course

Accounting Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-271

  Samkin, Grant ^a   Francis, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment; Classroom assessment techniques; Critical and creative thinking; Deep approach to learning; Learning portfolio; Meta cognition; Reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950313365     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280701577460     Document Type: Article

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