Introducing new tests into traditional systems: Insights from general education and from innovation theory

Language Testing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 334-354

  Wall, Dianne ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002618133     PISSN: 02655322     EISSN: 14770946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026553229601300307     Document Type: Review

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