Teaching and assessment strategies for active student learning in university horticultural education

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1126, Issue , 2016, Pages 127-133

  Hunter, A ^a   Elliott Kingston, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Feed forward; Formative assessment; In class interaction; Learning facilitator

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007047708     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1126.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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