No longer exempt from good practice: Using exemplars to close the feedback gap for exams

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 631-645

  Scoles, Jenny ^a   Huxham, Mark ^b   McArthur, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

exams; exemplars; feedback; feedforward; higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879633623     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2012.674485     Document Type: Article

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