The architecture of peer assessment: Do academically successful students make good teammates in design assignments?

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-84

  Tucker, Richard ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

design assessment; Self and Peer Assessment; teamwork; tutor assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872418720     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2011.604122     Document Type: Article

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