Responsibility-sharing in the giving and receiving of assessment feedback

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2017, Pages

  Nash, Robert A ^a   Winstone, Naomi E ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Culture; Feedback; Student engagement; Sustainability; Teaching excellence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028976203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01519     Document Type: Article

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