RESPONSE TO ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK: THE EFFECTS OF GRADES, PRAISE, AND SOURCE OF INFORMATION

ETS Research Report Series

Volumn 2008, Issue 1, 2008, Pages i-57

  Lipnevich, Anastasiya A ^a   Smith, Jeffrey K ^b  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

affect; assessment feedback; computer provided feedback; grades; motivation; praise

Indexed keywords

EID: 85164586652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23308516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2333-8504.2008.tb02116.x     Document Type: Article

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