What can higher education learn from feedback seeking behaviour in organisations? Implications for feedback literacy

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 80-91

  Joughin, Gordon ^a   Boud, David ^a,b,c   Dawson, Phillip ^a   Tai, Joanna ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

eliciting feedback; feedback literacy; Feedback seeking behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 85082413329     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1733491     Document Type: Article

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