University student anonymity in the summative assessment of written work

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-54

  Brennan, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Assessment; Bias; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858382915     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360701658724     Document Type: Article

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