Enhancing student experience and performance through peer-assisted learning

Issues in Accounting Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 321-336

  Sudhakar, Adriel ^a   Tyler, Jonathan ^a   Wakefield, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Online forum; Peer review; Screencast; Student performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976555094     PISSN: 07393172     EISSN: 15587983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/iace-51249     Document Type: Article

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