Use of feed-forward mechanisms in a novel research-led module

Bioscience Education

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 70-81

  Morrell, Lesley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feed forward; Feedback; Formative assessment; Summative assessment; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903756916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14797860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11120/beej.2013.00020     Document Type: Article

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