Determining if active learning through a formative assessment process translates to better performance in summative assessment

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1595-1611

  Grosas, Aidan Bradley ^a   Raju, Shiwani Rani ^a   Schuett, Burkhardt Siegfried ^a   Chuck, Jo Anne ^a   Millar, Thomas James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

feedback; formative assessment; knowledge exchange; performance; verb list

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918562037     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.988704     Document Type: Article

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