Teacher beliefs about feedback within an assessment for learning environment: Endorsement of improved learning over student well-being

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 968-978

  Brown, Gavin T L ^a   Harris, Lois R ^a   Harnett, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Feedback; Structural equation model; Survey research; Teachers; Values beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863873416     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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