Facilitating productive use of feedback in higher education

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-76

  Jonsson, Anders ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

assessment; feedback; higher education; literature review; student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874008749     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787412467125     Document Type: Review

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