Exploring formative assessment as a tool for learning: Students' experiences of different methods of formative assessment

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 747-760

  Weurlander, Maria ^a   Söderberg, Magnus ^a,c   Scheja, Max ^b   Hult, Håkan ^a   Wernerson, Annika ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

formative assessment; higher education; student learning; students' experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866026115     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2011.572153     Document Type: Article

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