Improving the effectiveness of feedback by use of assessed reflections and withholding of grades

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 532-547

  Jackson, Maria ^a   Marks, Leah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

feed forward; feedback; grade withholding; reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927546835     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2015.1030588     Document Type: Article

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