Students' conceptions of tutor and automated feedback in professional writing

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-438

  Calvo, Rafael A ^a   Ellis, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated feedback; Phenomenography; Professional writing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; AUTOMATED FEEDBACK; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; ENGINEERING GRADUATES; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; PHENOMENOGRAPHY;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 77958095813     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01072.x     Document Type: Article

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