Anonymous versus identified peer assessment via a Facebook-based learning application: Effects on quality of peer feedback, perceived learning, perceived fairness, and attitude toward the system

Computers and Education

Volumn 116, Issue , 2018, Pages 81-92

  Lin, Guan Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Improving classroom teaching; Interactive learning environments; Post secondary education; Teaching learning strategy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TEACHING;

COGNITIVE FEEDBACK; IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PERCEIVED LEARNING; PERFORMANCE BASED; POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 85029498904     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2017.08.010     Document Type: Article

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