Increasing success in first year courses: Assessment re-design, self-regulation and learning technologies

ASCILITE 2006 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 589-598

  Nicol, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback; First year experience; Formative assessment; Self regulation; Student success

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PRACTICES; CLASS SIZE; FEEDBACK PROCESS; FIRST YEAR; FIRST YEAR STUDENTS; FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE; FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; LEARNING TECHNOLOGY; SELF-REGULATION; STUDENT SUCCESS;

FEEDBACK;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84870942137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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