Academic staff perspectives of formative assessment in nurse education

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 205-209

  Koh, Lai Chan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formative assessment; Formative assessment and academic staff perspectives; Formative assessment and nurse education; Formative feedback and teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, NURSING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 77952741935     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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