Student-Generated Content: Enhancing learning through sharing multiple-choice questions

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2180-2194

  Hardy, Judy ^a   Bates, Simon P ^b   Casey, Morag M ^c   Galloway, Kyle W ^d   Galloway, Ross K ^a   Kay, Alison E ^a   Kirsop, Peter ^a   McQueen, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Formative assessment; Social constructivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904504648     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2014.916831     Document Type: Article

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