Using marks to assess student performance, some problems and alternatives

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-366

  Dalziel, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001050417     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260293980230403     Document Type: Article

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