'Feed-Forward': Improving students' use of tutors' comments

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-283

  Duncan, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79955513797     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930600896498     Document Type: Article

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