Are assessment environments gendered? An analysis of the learning responses of male and female students to different assessment environments

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 687-698

  Turner, Gill ^a   Gibbs, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Assessment environment; Assessment environment questionnaire; Gender; Higher education; Student learning; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955564970     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930902977723     Document Type: Article

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