Students' perceptions of written feedback in teacher education: Ideally feedback is a continuing two-way communication that encourages progress

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-362

  Dowden, Tony ^a   Pittaway, Sharon ^a   Yost, Helen ^a   McCarthy, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

dialogue; emotion; feedback; perceptions; written feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876102993     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2011.632676     Document Type: Article

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