Can dialogue help to improve feedback on examinations?

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1039-1054

  Blair, Alasdair ^a   Wyburn Powell, Alun ^b   Goodwin, Mark ^c   Shields, Sam ^d  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Scarborough School of Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; dialogue; examination; exemplars; feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903519354     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2013.777404     Document Type: Article

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