Engaging with graduate attributes through encouraging accurate student self-assessment

Asian Social Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3-12

  Lawson, R J ^a   Taylor, T L ^a   Thompson, D G ^b   Simpson, L ^c   Freeman, M ^d   Treleaven, L ^d   Rohde, F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Self assessment, Graduate attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859128061     PISSN: 19112017     EISSN: 19112025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v8n4p3     Document Type: Article

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