Feeling feedback: students’ emotional responses to educator feedback

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 880-892

  Ryan, Tracii ^a   Henderson, Michael ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment feedback; grade expectations; individual differences; international students; negative emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038089389     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2017.1416456     Document Type: Article

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