Assessing the culture of teaching and learning through a syllabus review

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 898-913

  Stanny, Claudia ^a   Gonzalez, Melissa ^a   McGowan, Britt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

educational assessment; high impact pedagogical practices; information literacy; syllabus review; twenty first century skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942312152     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2014.956684     Document Type: Article

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