Unpacking the feedback process: an analysis of undergraduate students’ interactional meaning-making of feedback comments

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 260-274

  Esterhazy, Rachelle ^a   Damşa, Crina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Feedback; meaning making; qualitative research; social interaction; student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027024520     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2017.1359249     Document Type: Article

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