Making the grade in a portfolio-based system: Student performance and the student perspective

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Nowacki, Amy S ^a  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Grading; Portfolio; Student performance; Student perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878822818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00155     Document Type: Article

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