Perceptions of effectiveness, fairness and feedback of assessment methods: a study in higher education

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1523-1534

  Flores, Maria Assunção ^a   Veiga Simão, Ana Margarida ^b   Barros, Alexandra ^b   Pereira, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

assessment; assessment methods; feedback; higher education; learner centred methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941745132     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.881348     Document Type: Article

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