Combining peer-assessment with negotiated learning activities on a day-release undergraduate-level certificate course (ECTS level 3)

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-239

  McMahon, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Critical persons; Negotiated learning; Peer assessment; Perspective transformation; Transformative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955566281     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930902795919     Document Type: Article

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