Frequency of examinations and student achievement in a randomized experiment

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1416-1429

  De Paola, Maria ^a   Scoppa, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Education production function; Feedback provision; Frequency of examinations; Higher education; Randomized evaluation; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 80054864172     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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