Assisting learning in e-assessment: a closer look at educational supports

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 443-460

  Lafuente, Marc ^a   Remesal, Ana ^a   Álvarez Valdivia, Ibis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

e assessment; educational support; formative assessment; post secondary education; teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897627804     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2013.848835     Document Type: Article

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