Providing opportunities for student self-assessment: the impact on the acquisition of psychomotor skills in occupational therapy students

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1176-1192

  Jay, Julie ^a   Owen, Antonette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

deliberate practice; feedback; psychomotor skills; self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938632489     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2015.1071317     Document Type: Article

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