Marking and providing feedback face-to-face: Staff and student perspectives

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 35-45

  Chalmers, Charlotte ^a   Mowat, Elaine ^a   Chapman, Maggie ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AMINA the Muslim Women s Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

face to face marking; feedback dialogue; marking linked to feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042264633     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787417721363     Document Type: Article

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