The quality of written peer feedback on undergraduates’ draft answers to an assignment, and the use made of the feedback

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 232-247

  Walker, Mirabelle ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

formative peer assessment; peer feedback; peer review; use of peer feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921385584     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2014.898737     Document Type: Article

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