Misunderstandings and mismatches: The collective disillusionment of written summative assessment feedback

Research in Education

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 33-48

  Rand, Jane ^a  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Collective disillusionment; Summative assessment; Written feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026873698     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: 20504608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0034523717697519     Document Type: Article

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