Assessment feedback only on demand: Supporting the few not supplying the many

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-161

  Jones, Ollie ^a   Gorra, Andrea ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; feedback; formative; on demand; summative; virtual learning environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879256392     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787413481131     Document Type: Article

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