Struggling and juggling: a comparison of student assessment loads across research and teaching-intensive universities

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 1-10

  Tomas, Carmen ^a   Jessop, Tansy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment load; deep learning; programme assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045650333     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2018.1463355     Document Type: Article

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