Enhancing learning in clinical placements: reflective practice, self-assessment, rubrics and scaffolding

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 507-519

  Stupans, Ieva ^a   March, Geoff ^b   Owen, Susanne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

reflection; rubric; scaffolding; self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878637523     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2012.658017     Document Type: Article

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