Integrating assessment matrices in feedback loops to promote research skill development in postgraduate research projects

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 567-579

  Venning, Jackie ^a   Buisman Pijlman, Femke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment matrices; feedback loops; promoting student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878654858     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2012.661842     Document Type: Article

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