Exploring students' initial reactions to the feedback they receive on coursework

Bioscience Education

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 4-21

  Jones, Harriet ^a   Hoppitt, Laura ^a   James, Helen ^a   Prendergast, John ^a   Rutherford, Stephen ^b   Yeoman, Kay ^a   Young, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosciences; Emotional response; Feedback; Motivation; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877719550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14797860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11120/beej.2012.20000004     Document Type: Article

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