Group assessment at final degree level: An evaluation

Accounting Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-206

  Gammie, Elizabeth ^a   Matson, Morag ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

group assessment; Group working; peer assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149386966     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280701234609     Document Type: Article

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