Mark Distributions and Marking Practices in UK Higher Education: Some Challenging Issues

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-27

  Yorke, Mantz ^a   Bridges, Paul ^b   Woolf, Harvey ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; coursework; degree classifications; disciplinary differences; examinations; marking grading scales; psycholo gy of marking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002640162     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787400001001002     Document Type: Article

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