“Check the grade, log out”: students’ engagement with feedback in learning management systems

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 631-643

  Winstone, Naomi ^a   Bourne, Jessica ^b   Medland, Emma ^a   Niculescu, Irina ^a   Rees, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

engagement; Feedback; higher education; learning management system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85087648271     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1787331     Document Type: Article

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