Investigating the relationship between quality, format and delivery of feedback for written assignments in higher education

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 666-680

  Sopina, Elizaveta ^a   McNeill, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

delivery; feedback; format; higher education; quality; written assignments

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027936444     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2014.945072     Document Type: Article

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