Building ‘standards’ frameworks: The role of guidance and feedback in supporting the achievement of learners

Reconceptualising Feedback in Higher Education: Developing Dialogue with Students

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 64-74

  Bloxham, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84918922391     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203522813     Document Type: Chapter

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