Using email for formative assessment with professional doctorate students

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-388

  Crossouard, Barbara ^a   Pryor, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Doctoral learning; Doctoral supervision; Formative assessment; Professional doctorate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955557498     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930801956091     Document Type: Article

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