Peer assessment: the role of relational learning through communities of practice

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 1312-1322

  Merry, Stephen ^a   Orsmond, Paul ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communities of practice; identity; Peer assessment; relational learning; socio cultural learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85057555526     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2018.1544236     Document Type: Article

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