Understanding student engagement with peer feedback on master’s theses: a Macau study

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 50-65

  Yu, Shulin ^a   Zhang, Yiran ^a   Zheng, Yao ^a   Yuan, Kaihao ^a   Zhang, Limin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Academic writing; learning community; peer feedback; student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046448397     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2018.1467879     Document Type: Article

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