'Just enough to make you take it seriously': Exploring students' attitudes towards peer assessment

Higher Education

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 677-693

  McGarr, Olliver ^a   Clifford, Amanda Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Peer assessment; Peer learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877599614     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-012-9570-z     Document Type: Article

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