Online assignments in economics: A test of their effectiveness

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-146

  Kennelly, Brendan ^a   Considine, John ^b   Flannery, Darragh ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

assessment; learning; online assignments; paper assignments

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957791635     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2011.555696     Document Type: Article

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