Developing the ability for making evaluative judgements

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-334

  Cowan, John ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluative judgement; Lifelong learning; Peer assessment; Personal development; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953699930     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510903560036     Document Type: Article

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