How powerful is feedforward in university education? A case study in romanian geography education on increasing learning efficiency

Kuram ve Uygulamada Egitim Bilimleri

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 827-848

  Dulamă, Maria Eliza ^a   Ilovan, Oana Ramona ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Assessment tool; Feedforward; Geography; Learning self regulation; Quality; Sketch map

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978923111     PISSN: 13030485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12738/estp.2016.3.0392     Document Type: Article

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