Analysis of New Zealand primary and secondary student peer- and self-assessment comments: applying Hattie and Timperley’s feedback model

Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 265-281

  Harris, Lois R ^a   Brown, Gavin T L ^b   Harnett, Jennifer A ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

content analysis; feedback; formative assessment; Hattie and Timperley feedback model; peer assessment; self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926509705     PISSN: 0969594X     EISSN: 1465329X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2014.976541     Document Type: Article

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