‘It has a purpose beyond justifying a mark’: examining the alignment between the purpose and practice of feedback

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 359-371

  Van Heerden, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

English Studies; Feedback; knower code; student writers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85081940351     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2019.1644602     Document Type: Article

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