Supporting girls' motivation in science: A study of peer- and self-assessment in a girls-only class

Educational Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-403

  Johnson, Nadine ^a   Winterbottom, Mark ^b  

^a Sawtry Community College   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment for learning; Gender; Learning; Peer assessment; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051882474     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2010.508605     Document Type: Article

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