SWDYT: So What Do You Think? Canadian students’ attitudes about peerScholar, an online peer-assessment tool

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-45

  Collimore, Lisa Marie ^a   Paré, Dwayne E ^a   Joordens, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Elementary education; Interactive learning environments; Media in education; Secondary education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925463417     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: 15731855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-014-9170-1     Document Type: Article

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