Closing the feedback loop? Iterative feedback between tutor and student in coursework assessments

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 899-915

  Barker, Martin ^a   Pinard, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment for learning; formative; student response; summative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926079738     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2013.875985     Document Type: Article

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