Students' and teachers' views of written feedback at undergraduate level: A literature review

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 552-559

  Agius, Natalie M ^a   Wilkinson, Ann ^b  

^a King's College London ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annotation; Feedback; Higher education; Nurse education; Students

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; WRITING;

EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, NURSING; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; STUDENTS, NURSING; WRITING;

EID: 84895134965     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.07.005     Document Type: Review

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