Student engagement with feedback and attainment: the role of academic self-efficacy

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 317-329

  Adams, Anne Marie ^a   Wilson, Hannah ^a   Money, Julie ^a   Palmer Conn, Susan ^a   Fearn, Jamie ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic confidence; attainment; feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070797209     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2019.1640184     Document Type: Article

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