Group projects: More learning? less fair? a conundrum in assessing postgraduate business education

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 481-492

  Nordberg, Donald ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78349301493     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930701698835     Document Type: Article

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