To do or not to do with feedback. A study of undergraduate students’ engagement and use of feedback within a portfolio assessment design

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 80-96

  Steen Utheim, Anna ^a   Hopfenbeck, Therese N ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

engagement and use; Feedback; higher education; portfolio assessment; student reflection logs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053925912     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2018.1476669     Document Type: Article

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