Feedback: Focusing attention on engagement

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 879-896

  Price, Margaret ^a   Handley, Karen ^a   Millar, Jill ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; feedback; level of engagement; student and tutor perceptions; student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858425594     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2010.483513     Document Type: Article

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