The effect of midterm peer feedback on student functioning in problem-based tutorials

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-213

  Kamp, Rachelle J A ^a   Dolmans, Diana H J M ^a   Van Berkel, Henk J M ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Mixed methods exploratory design; Peer feedback; Problem Based Learning; Process feedback; Student functioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876081895     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-012-9364-1     Document Type: Article

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