Identifying predictors of students’ perception of and engagement with assessment feedback

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 239-251

  Ali, Nadia ^a   Ahmed, Lubna ^b   Rose, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

engagement with feedback; higher education assessment; perception of feedback; predictors of satisfaction; student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85049722596     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787417735609     Document Type: Article

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