Assessment of students' learning when working in groups

Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-345

  Frykedal, Karin Forslund ^a   Chiriac, Eva Hammar ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Classroom; Collaboration; Group work; Pedagogical practice; Teachers' presumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855853448     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2011.598661     Document Type: Article

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