Marking and feedback provision on essay-based coursework: a process perspective

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 611-624

  Tomas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; feedback construction; individual approaches; marking; process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901193274     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2013.860078     Document Type: Article

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