How does online peer feedback improve argumentative essay writing and learning?

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 195-206

  Latifi, Saeed ^a   Noroozi, Omid ^b   Hatami, Javad ^a   Biemans, Harm J A ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

argumentative essay; argumentative writing; collaborative eLearning environments; Online peer feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 85074833944     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2019.1687005     Document Type: Article

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