Feed-forward assessment, exemplars and peer marking: Evidence of efficacy

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 451-465

  Wimshurst, Kerry ^a   Manning, Matthew ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

evaluation; exemplars; feed forward assessment; peer marking; research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877804293     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2011.646236     Document Type: Article

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