An anatomy of feedback: a phenomenographic investigation of undergraduate students' conceptions of feedback

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 921-932

  McLean, Angela J ^a   Bond, Carol H ^a   Nicholson, Helen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

conceptions; feedback; learning experience; phenomenography; undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928589309     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2013.855718     Document Type: Article

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