‘It'd be useful, but I wouldn't use it’: barriers to university students’ feedback seeking and recipience

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2026-2041

  Winstone, Naomi E ^a   Nash, Robert A ^b   Rowntree, James ^a   Parker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication; feedback; focus groups; interventions; proactivity; student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954526598     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1130032     Document Type: Article

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