How accurate is peer grading?

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 482-488

  Freeman, Scott ^a   Parks, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; STUDENT;

BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; PEER GROUP; STUDENTS;

EID: 78650692634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.10-03-0017     Document Type: Article

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