From copying to learning: Using exemplars to engage students with assessment criteria and feedback

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-108

  Handley, Karen ^a   Williams, Lindsay ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment criteria; E learning; Exemplars; Feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551546708     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930903201669     Document Type: Article

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