Improving assessment processes in higher education: Student and teacher perceptions of the effectiveness of a rubric embedded in a LMS

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 651-666

  Atkinson, Doug ^a   Lim, Siew Leng ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84889690626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.526     Document Type: Article

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