Engaging students with self-assessment and tutor feedback to improve performance and support assessment capacity

Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  McKevitt, Conor Thomas ^a  

^a DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Feedback; Rubric; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964904530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14499789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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