Feedback: All that effort, but what is the effect?

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-289

  Price, Margaret ^a   Handley, Karen ^a   Millar, Jill ^a   O'Donovan, Berry ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Feedback; Feedback effectiveness; Pedagogic literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951861213     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930903541007     Document Type: Article

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