What lies beneath: exploring the deeper purposes of feedback on student writing through considering disciplinary knowledge and knowers

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 967-977

  van Heerden, Martina ^a   Clarence, Sherran ^b   Bharuthram, Sharita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disciplinary knowledge; feedback; Legitimation Code Theory; student writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980034420     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2016.1212985     Document Type: Article

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