Perceptions of quality in staff-student written feedback in higher education: a case study

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 576-589

  Dunworth, Katie ^a   Sanchez, Hugo Santiago ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

higher education; postgraduate feedback; Quality feedback; staff student feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961213904     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2016.1160219     Document Type: Article

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