Goals of peer assessment and their associated quality concepts

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 719-735

  Gielen, Sarah ^a   Dochy, Filip ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^a   Struyven, Katrien ^a   Smeets, Stijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

accuracy; assessment for learning; assessment of learning; peer assessment; quality of assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858385215     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075071003759037     Document Type: Article

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