Comparing student learning experiences of in-text commentary and rubric-articulated feedback: Strategies for formative assessment

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 919-940

  Nordrum, Lene ^a   Evans, Katherine ^a   Gustafsson, Magnus ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

continuous learning; criteria based assessment; English for academic purposes; feedback; formative assessment; rubric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886089647     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2012.758229     Document Type: Article

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