Opportunities and obstacles to consider when using peer- and self-assessment to improve student learning: Case studies into teachers' implementation

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-111

  Harris, Lois R ^a   Brown, Gavin T L ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Elementary secondary education; Formative assessment; New Zealand; Peer assessment; Self assessment; Teacher and student perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883286962     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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