How do students perceive the educational value of peer assessment in relation to its social nature? A survey study in Flanders

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 53, Issue , 2017, Pages 29-40

  Rotsaert, Tijs ^a   Panadero, Ernesto ^b   Estrada, Eduardo ^c   Schellens, Tammy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CAMILO JOSÉ CELA UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Interpersonal processes; Peer assessment; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014513845     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2017.02.003     Document Type: Article

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