Disrupting the power relations of grading in higher education through summative self-assessment

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2022, Pages 892-907

  Nieminen, Juuso Henrik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

grading policy; power; Self assessment; self grading; summative self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85083504300     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2020.1753687     Document Type: Article

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