Feedback loops and the longer-term: towards feedback spirals

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 705-714

  Carless, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

feedback; feedback literacy; feedback loops; feedback spirals

Indexed keywords

EID: 85057300996     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2018.1531108     Document Type: Article

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