Demystifying the rubric: a five-step pedagogy to improve student understanding and utilisation of marking criteria

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 129-142

  Jones, Lorraine ^a   Allen, Bill ^a   Dunn, Peter ^a   Brooker, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Criterion referenced assessment; higher education; pedagogy; peer review; rubric; self review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966706735     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2016.1177000     Document Type: Article

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