But is it fair? Developing students' understanding of grading complex written work through peer assessment

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-123

  McConlogue, Teresa ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complex learning; marking reliability; peer assessment; subjectivity in marking; writing development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860687293     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2010.515010     Document Type: Article

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