Annoyance and frustration: Emotional responses to being assessed in higher education

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 189-201

  Wass, Rob ^a   Timmermans, Julie ^a   Harland, Tony ^a   McLean, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

assessment; emotions; modularization; student learning; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043339564     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787418762462     Document Type: Article

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