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Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 850-859

  Forsythe, Alex ^a   Johnson, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

defensive behaviours; Feedback; mindset; performance; student motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978967687     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2016.1202190     Document Type: Article

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