Devising an assessment schedule for essays

Accounting Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-158

  Granleese, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accounting students; assessment; essays; learning outcomes; self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85065361466     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639289600000016     Document Type: Article

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