The use of group activities in developing personal transferable skills

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-307

  Shah, Syed Zulfiqar Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

formative assessment; group work; summative assessment; transferable skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888001729     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2012.760778     Document Type: Article

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