The challenges of feedback in higher education

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 1237-1252

  Henderson, Michael ^a   Ryan, Tracii ^a,b   Phillips, Michael ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitude; capacity; challenges with feedback; feedback design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063914201     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2019.1599815     Document Type: Article

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