Investigating expectations and experiences of audio and written assignment feedback in first-year undergraduate students

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 79-93

  Fawcett, Hannah ^a   Oldfield, Jeremy ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audio feedback; student expectations; student experience; written feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953351355     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2015.1115969     Document Type: Article

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