Student perception of academic grading: Personality, academic orientation, and effort

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-61

  Tippin, Gregory K ^a   Lafreniere, Kathryn D ^b   Page, Stewart ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Academic grading; Academic orientation; Effort; Personality traits; Student attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857714684     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787411429187     Document Type: Article

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