Do those who benefit the most need it the least? A four-year experiment in enquiry-based feedback

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 803-815

  Adcroft, Andy ^a   Willis, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; coursework; enquiry based learning; examination; feedback; undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887974327     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2012.714740     Document Type: Article

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