Contextualising higher education assessment task words with an 'anti-glossary' approach

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 604-625

  Richards, Kendall ^a   Pilcher, Nick ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'anti glossary'; assessment task words; glossaries; social constructivism; study skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896490697     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2013.805443     Document Type: Article

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