When it comes round to marking assignments: How to impress and how to 'distress' lecturers

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-189

  Greasley, Pete ^a   Cassidy, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Assignments; Essays; Feedback; Marking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952732016     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930802691564     Document Type: Article

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