How student beliefs about knowledge and knowing influence their satisfaction with assessment and feedback

Higher Education

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 617-633

  O’Donovan, Berry ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment and feedback; Personal epistemology; Student satisfaction; Ways of knowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991705966     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-016-0068-y     Document Type: Article

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